This Poor Poor Pearl is so battered that it is hard to tell what it is. I suspect a clematis, but I am very willing to be corrected. Tattered and ragged as it is, I still found it intriguing.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/07/10/flower-of-the-day-july-11-2016-gladiolus/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
It is a clematis.
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Thanks for the validation, rabbitpatch! So many flowers look so much alike..This poor little beauty deserved recognition a few days earlier when she was at her best!
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You love flowers like I do-You are quite welcome.
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Oh that little flower has seen better days. 😀
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