- Scientific Name: Clematis hancockiana Maxim.
- Ref: Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 54(1):1. 1879
- Synonym: Clematis tsengiana F.P.Metcalf
- Chinese Common Name: 毛萼铁线莲 máo’è tiěxiàn∙lián
- Family: Ranunculaceae
- Genus: Clematis
- Distribution: Slopes, scrub; 100–500 m. SE Anhui, S Henan, E Hubei, S Jiangsu, N Jiangxi, E to N Zhejiang.
- Photo: 04/18/2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Vines perennial, herbaceous. Stems shallowly longitudinally 4--6-grooved, sparsely pubescent, glabrescent; nodes swollen. Leaves usually pinnate, 5-foliolate, sometimes 1- or 2-ternate; petiole 4--7.5 cm, base ± dilated; leaflet blades narrowly ovate to ovate, 3--4.5 × 1.4--2.4 cm, papery, both surfaces sparsely pubescent on midvein, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin entire, apex acute and apiculate; basal veins abaxially ± prominent to nearly flat. Cymes axillary, 1-flowered; peduncle 2--5 cm; bracts sessile, broadly ovate, 2.5--4 cm, undivided or 3-lobed, margin entire. Flowers 3--5 cm in diam. Pedicel 5--6.6 cm, pubescent. Sepals 4, purple-red to blue-purple, spreading, oblong to narrowly oblong, 1.5--2.5 × 0.5--0.7 cm, abaxially densely appressed pubescent, adaxially glabrous, margin abaxially velutinous, apex ± acute. Stamens 1--1.6 cm, glabrous; anthers linear, 6--7.2 mm, apex minutely apiculate. Ovaries pubescent. Style 8--10 mm, densely villous but puberulous near apex. Achenes rhombic-obovate, ca. 5 × 3.2 mm, pubescent; persistent style 3.5--5 cm, yellowish plumose. Fl. May, fr. Jun. (Flora of China)
04/18/2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang