Common
name: Sugar Bowls
Latin name: Clematis hirsutissima
Annual/Perennial: Perennial Flowers: April to July
Flower size: 1" to 1.25"
Found in: Plains to Montane
Height: 10" to 24"
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: Yes
Wildflower
Field notes: Sugar Bowls is an easy wildflower to identify.
They have very unique purplish nodding flowers that look similar
to a bonnet. Unlike most wild Clematis, Sugar Bowls does not vine.
Sugar Bowls can be found growing in large clumps in open sunny areas
along slopes and hillsides.
