Yes, this plant comes within *Clematis connata* (there is a 'connate' base, though not as pronounced as in some variants). Definitely not *C.buchananiana*.
*Please can someone send in some fresh images of this species or look amongst their past photos to see if they have the real thing.* On Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 2:41:27 PM UTC, ashwini wrote: > This climber with fragrant cream colour flowers is quite common here. I > found one still in flower today and brought it home to have a closer look. > I have always assumed it to be *C. connata* but after studying my sample > today think it to be *C. buchananiana*. The flowers are ribbed and so are > the stalks. Flowers, filaments and stalks are hairy. Please advise. > > Clematis buchananiana—Fragrant Chinese Clematis > Near Dal Lake, Dharamshala Cantt. HP > 1800m > 17 January 2016. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

