Index / Search / Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis
§1 Plant
Clematis occidentalis (Hornem.) DC. var. occidentalis
vernacular western blue virginsbower — variety · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Clematis
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 165 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 165 counties across 17 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Price 55099
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CLOCO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7226689 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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