I just collected seeds from a neighbor's Clematis and thought I had IDed it as Clematis terniflora. The seeds look just like the pictures in the Database here, for one thing. But then I was looking up Clematis virginiana because it was mentioned to me, and darn if the two don't look extremely similar! Virginiana is also called Woodbine (and some other colorful names) but both of them have the common name of Virgin's Bower. Not that that's very significant, but they also both have small, fragrant, white flowers that look very much alike in the pictures.
I guess my question is, are these really two different plants that are just very similar looking? Or are they really the same plant and I am lost in the nomenclature labyrinth once again?
