Description from
Flora of China
Clematis vitalba Linnaeus subsp. brevicaudata (de Candolle) Kuntze.
Leaflet blades on both surfaces subglabrous or sparsely appressed puberulous.
Sparse forests, scrub; 400--2800 m. C and S Gansu, N and W Hebei, Heilongjiang, W Henan, Hubei, Hunan, N Jiangsu, E Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, E Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, W Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan (Dêqên Xian) [Korea, Mongolia, Russia (Far East)].
