Clematis chrysocoma

Clematis chrysocoma, the 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. It is endemic to southern China (W Guizhou, W Sichuan, Yunnan).^[1]

Gold wool clematis
Illustration of Clematis chrysocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Clematis
Species:	C. chrysocoma
Binomial name
Clematis chrysocoma Franch.

Clematis armandii bears clusters of long-stalked 2-inch (51 mm) pinkish white flowers twice each year. It grows to 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) high and tolerates shade well compared to other varieties of clematis.^[2] It is native to western China; in the US it grows best in American Horticultural Society zones 9 to 6,^[2] which are generally found in the southern US.^[3]