| Gold Wool Clematis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Clematis |
| Species: | C. chrysocoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Clematis chrysocoma |
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Clematis chrysocoma or Gold Wool Clematis is a flowering vine of the genus Clematis. It has showy flowers like many members of that genus, but it also has a yellow down covering its young branches, leaves, and flower stalks.
C. armandii bears clusters of long-stalked 2-inch pinkish white flowers twice each year. It grows to 6-8 feet high and tolerates shade well compared to other varieties of clematis.[1] It is native to western China; in the USA it grows best in American Horticultural Society zones 9 to 6,[1] which are generally found in the southern USA.[2]