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A possibility is Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) is also known as Leather Flower according to this webpage http://ontariotrees.com/main/species.php?id=2086 C. virginiana occurs throughout NS by the looks of the range map in my ancient Flora of NS. Nancy On 2015-03-24, at 1:02 AM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@Dal.Ca> wrote: > My UK jumping bug colleague is hoping to return here for a couple of weeks in the summer (if that ever happens), and is after collecting a particular mirid bug called Halticus apterus (female appears to be flightless, with sturdy jumping legs). > > Some old collecting records from Ottawa list it as being collected here sometimes on 'leather flowers’, a Clematis species — but there are about 300 of them. Does anyone know what the species might be, from the common name (may even apply to more than one species?)? Clematis flowers on line don’t look at all leathery — anyone know the origin of the odd sounding name? If the name does track to a particular species, is there a good type of habitat to look in for it? Is it common? > > Some of the specimens collected in the 60s and 70s by Leonard A. Kelton (Biosystematics, Ottawa) came from Kentville at latitude 45°04’, longitude -64°30’ which doesn’t look a particularly good current prospect on Google Earth. Another location was south of Mt Uniacke estate which might have been more open back then, but now looks heavily wooded, which doesn’t sound good either. So we are a bit short of places to prospect for Halticus. > > Any info would be useful and appreciated. > Steve (Hfx)
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