Clematis bigelovii, common name Bigelow's clematis,[1] is a perennial climbing plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It grows to approximately 2abbr=offNaNabbr=off in height with purple, solitary, bell-shaped flowers. It is native in Arizona and New Mexico and can be found in woodlands and rocky areas.
Clematis bigelovii is a perennial vine that grows to approximately 2abbr=offNaNabbr=off in height.[2] Its stems are either erect or twining and sprawling. Leaves are pinnate with 7–11 leaflets. The flowers are terminal, solitary, and bell-shaped. Their sepals are purple, lanceolate, and often with white woolly margins. Clematis bigelovii can flower from March to November.
Clematis bigelovii has been reported from central to western New Mexico at elevations up to NaNabbr=offNaNabbr=off, occurring in canyons, and from eastern Arizona to . It thrives in grassland, mountainous areas, and damp, rocky areas as well as pion-juniper woodlands to upper mixed conifer forests.[3]
, NatureServe listed Clematis bigelovii as Apparently Secure (G4) globally, with no status information for either Arizona or New Mexico. The species' global status was last reviewed on [3]