Traveller's Joy: Old Man's Beard: Devil's Yarn.

Clematis virginiana. Crowfoot Family. July - Aug.

A vine 6 - 12 feet long. Found in rich, damp soil, climbing over fences and shrubs. From Canada south to Georgia and Kansas.

Flowers

White or greenish, 4 divisions, in loose clusters from the leaf angles. Seeds in plumy masses.

Leaves

Opposite, consisting each of 3 coarsely-toothed leaflets.

Virgin's Bower.