Nodding, pink flowers with fleshy, often twisted tepals, and a darker bar. Pale yellow-green anthers. Raised at the State Nikitsky Botanic Gardens, Crimea, Ukraine in 1961. 'Alionushka' is an affectionate form of a Russian girl's name. Awarded an RHS Award of Merit in 1995 and a British Clematis Society Certificate of Merit in 1998.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Approximate height:	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jun Jul Aug Sep (Oct)
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones:	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravainaja & A N Volosenko-Valenis
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised:	r1961 n1969
Parentage:	(s) 'Nezhdannyi' x integrifolia
Other name(s):	'Aljenushka'; 'Aljonushka'; 'Alyonushka'; integrifolia 'Aljonushka'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: (4-) 5-8cm Tepals: 4(-6); 5-6cm long, 4cm wide, rhombic, overlapping, long-pointed, tip recurved Database entry: 1
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	M A Beskaravainaja
	A N Volosenko-Valenis