Western Clematis
Western clematis is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Clematis ligusticifolia'', native to western North America *''Clematis pubescens ''Clematis pubescens'', known locally as common clematis, is a climbing shrub of the family Ranunculaceae with white blooms, found in coastal regions of southern Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of ...'', native to western Australia {{Short pages monitor ...
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Clematis Ligusticifolia
''Clematis ligusticifolia'' is a climbing, spreading vine with showy flowers. It is also known as Old-man's Beard and Yerba de Chiva, and Virgin's bower, (though Old-man's Beard may also refer to ''Clematis vitalba, C. vitalba'', and Virgin's bower may also refer to ''Clematis lasiantha, C. lasiantha''). It is native to North America where it is widespread across the western United States in streamside thickets, wooded hillsides, and Temperate coniferous forest, coniferous forests up to . It was called "pepper vine" by early travelers and pioneers of the American Old West. They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') was a costly and rarely obtainable spice. Like the rest of the genus ''Clematis'', it contains essential oils and compounds which are extremely irritating to the skin and mucous membranes. Unlike Black Pepper or ''Capsicum'', however, the compounds in clematis cause internal bleeding of the digestive tract if inges ...
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