Purple Clematis

Clematis occidentalis

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 82%

Height: 3–12 feet
Light: Part shade, Shade
Soil moisture: Usually moist

Clematis occidentalis — whole photograph — (c) Tom Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Woody perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Spread and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 91 animals.

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-and-White Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blackburnian Warbler
Dendroica fusca
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Clematis

Alcathoe caudataClematis Borer, Clematis Clearwing Moth
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Horisme intestinataBrown Bark Carpet
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Pseudothyris sepulchralisMournful Thyris
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Thyris maculataSpotted Thyris

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

9BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Clematis

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Ranunculaceae
Flower color: White, red, blue or purple

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “White, red, blue or purple” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “3–12 feet” · Minnesota Wildflowers
Life cycle · “Woody perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
Light · “Part shade; Shade” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Soil · “Moist” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Clematis verticillaris

Conservation status

West Virginia rank	S2
Global rank	G5
WV status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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