Clematis wattli J.R. Drumm. & Craib in Kew Bull. 1915: 421. 1915; Gupta in Bull. Natl. Bot. Gard. Lucknow 54: t. 20.1960 & 80: t. 46.1963; Kapoor in Bull. Natl. Bot. Gard. Lucknow 78: 58 - 60. 1962 & 124: 80 - 81. 1966.

Climbers; branches, leaves, petioles and inflorescence axes all densely villous or tomentose-villous; branches ribbed. Leaves 5-foliolate, up to 25 cm long; leaflets simple or 2 - 3-lobed, 5 - 7-nerved from base. Inflorescence laxly 3 - 9-flowered; bracts foliaceous. Sepals 4, oblong, oblanceolate or obovate, ca 2.6 x 0.8 cm, yellow, densely villous outside. Filaments hairy; connectives slightly produced beyond anthers. Achenes brown, ca 4 mm long, compressed, hairy at margins, with ca 3 cm long feathery tails.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - March.

Distrib. India: Assam and Manipur.

Myanmar and Thailand.