Traveller’s Joy
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Botanical Name |
Clematis vitalba |
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Family |
Buttercup |
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Other Names |
Grandfather’s whiskers, Old man’s beard, Gypsy’s bacca |
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Habitat |
Scrub, woodland, old walls, hedges |
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Description |
Deciduous twists around other plants. Flowers stalked white/green July - September |
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Native to |
W Asia, C & S Europe |
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Cultivation |
Calcareous soil |
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Constituents |
Protanemonine, anemonine |
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Skin conditions |
Bruises |