Common name:
Small-leaved Clematis, Old Man’s Beard
Family name:
Ranunculaceae
Botanical name:
Clematis microphylla
Flowering/fruiting season:
September - October | |
Location:
- Sclerophyll forests of lower slopes and in woodland areas (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:174)
- Aranda bushland.
Use:
- Medicine, food, technology
- Old Man's Beard … 'used the plants to relieve headaches by crushing the leaves and inhaling the pungent aroma' (Fraser & McJannett, 1993)
- Long thick fibrous root, cooked first (Zola & Gott, 1992:47)
- Roots cooked in baskets and kneaded on a small sheet of bark into dough (Dawson in Zola & Gott, 1992:25)
- Root fibre woven into headband (Smyth in Gott, 1995)
- Stem base as haft for axe (Clarke in Gott, 1995)
Notes:
Uncooked roots can be very peppery to taste (Gott, 1995)
Language names:
- tarook : 'Small Leaved Clematis' Gunitjmara, Tjapwurong (Vic.) (Zola & Gott, 1992:25) murpit : (cooked roots), ?mouee : (Lower Murray) (Zola & Gott, 1992:47)
- borann : Wongaibon (Gott, 1995)
Horticulture :
Propagate from cuttings; hardy in well-drained sunny position; stands very dry conditions; frost hardy. Ideal fence and ground cover (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:597, 603)
Similar species:
Clematis aristata
Use code:
ROOT
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