Clematis ligusticifolia

Family: Ranunculaceae
Common Name: Western white clematis
Symbol: CLLI2
Description: Perennial; vine from a woody base; stems climbing or trailing, up to 6 m long. Leaves opposite along the stems, petiolate; leaves pinnately compound with 5-7 leaflets, on petiolules; leaflets lanceolate to broadly ovate, toothed, sparsely hairy. Flowers white and showy, in long-peduncled cymes at leaf axils; male and female flowers on separate plants; sepals 4, petal-like, 6-12 mm long, white to cream; petals absent.Found along streams, from 3,000-8,500 ft (914-2591 m).