Clematis tangutica

Clematis tangutica
Flowers and developing achene fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Clematis
Species:
C. tangutica
Binomial name
Clematis tangutica
(Maxim.) Korsh.
Synonyms
List
    • Clematis atragenoides Batalin
    • Clematis chrysantha Ulbr.
    • Clematis eriopoda Maxim.
    • Clematis tangutica var. mongolica (Grey-Wilson) W.T.Wang
    • Clematis tangutica subsp. obtusiuscula (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Grey-Wilson

Clematis tangutica, the golden clematis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is found from Central Asia through to most of China, and it has been introduced to western Canada, Czechia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the South Island of New Zealand. Its cultivars 'Bill MacKenzie' and 'Lambton Park', both members of the Tangutica Group, have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.