Clematis drummondii

A sprawling vine of lower elevation washes and the like. Similar to Clematis ligusticifolia but usually found at lower elevations, having smaller, distinctly three-parted leaflets, and with longer styles in fruit.

Flowers at Portal, Arizona, 9/1/06.

A cauline leaf at Portal, 9/1/06.

Flower & leaf at Portal, 9/1/06.