| 1. old man's beard [ Synonyms: black moss, long moss, spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides] | |
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Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
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| 2. old man's beard [ Synonyms: clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy] | |
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Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
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| 3. old man's beard [ Synonyms: clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower] | |
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Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
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