11009-11013 Forster's clematis (Clematis forsteri) a cream flowered vine, endemic to the North and South Islands, from Auckland south to northern Westland and Canterbury. It prefers lowland forests and forest margins, often near the coast, where it scrambles over divaricating shrubs. Woodside Gorge, Marlborough *
11009-11019 Green clematis (Clematis marata) green male flowers. Endemic to the South Island from Marlborough (upper Awatere Valley), Canterbury, Otago, Fiordland (Te Anau Downs) and Stewart Island. This small vine prefers river terraces, rock outcrops, dry hillsides and scrub habitats where most other clematis species won't grow. Totara Flat, Eglington Valley, Fiordland *
11009-11018 Cunningham's clematis, or pokopoko (Clematis cunninghamii) delicate greenish-cream male flowers. May be encountered within the interior and fringes of northern forests from Hawkes Bay north. It flowers in spring and early summer and is one of the few clematis capable of flowering in shade - beneath the forest canopy - most other clematis flower in more open aspects. Lake Okataina, Rotorua *
