Clematis reticulata Walt.

In immature fruit, especially, the vestiture of the beaks of Clematis reticulata might not consistently suffice to distinguish it from C. pitcheri , which has appressed-pubescent beaks. Clematis reticulata is distinguished from C . pitcheri by the very fine reticulation of the leaves, with the smallest areoles completely enclosed by veinlets generally less than 1 mm long and even the quaternary veins prominently raised on the adaxial surface.

Stems viny, to 4 m, glabrous or sparsely pilose-pubescent, sometimes more densely pubescent near nodes. Leaf blade 1-pinnate; leaflets 6-8 plus additional tendril-like terminal leaflet, elliptic to ovate, unlobed, 1-3-lobed, or proximal 3-foliolate, 1-9 × 0.5-5(-7.5) cm, leathery, prominently and finely reticulate abaxially and adaxially; surfaces abaxially silky-pubescent, not glaucous. Inflorescences axillary, 1-3-flowered; bracts about 1/3 distance from base of peduncle. Flowers urn-shaped; sepals pale lavender to purple, greenish toward tip, ovate-lanceolate, 1.2-3 cm, margins not expanded, ± thick, not crispate, densely tomentose, tips acute, recurved, abaxially usually ± densely yellowish pubescent, occasionally nearly glabrous. Achenes: bodies appressed-pubescent; beak 4-6 cm, plumose. 2 n = 16.

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Okla., S.C., Tex.

Flowering spring-summer (May-Jun).

Dry woods and thickets in sandy soils; 0-150m.

Viorna reticulata (Walter) Small; V.subreticulata Harbison ex Small

Clematis reticulata, commonly known as the netleaf leather flower, is a flowering plant. Synonymous species names are Coriflora reticulata, Viorna reticulata, and Viorna subreticulata. It is in the Clematis genus and the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family. It grows in the southeastern United States including parts of Florida and Alabama. It is a dicot with alternate leaves.