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Cleome serrata

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Name

Identification
Cleome polygama [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Iltis, H., Cleome serrata Jacq. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Cleome serrata
  • Cleome glabra
  • Cleome paludosa
  • Cleome polygama
  • Cleome indecora
Common name
  • Spiderflower, Flora of North America Vol. 7

Flora

Entry for Cleoserrata serrata (Jacquin) H. H. Iltis [family ]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 7,
Names
Cleoserrata serrata (Jacquin) H. H. Iltis [family ], Novon, 17: 448. 2007
Cleome serrata Jacquin [family CAPPARACEAE], Enum. Syst. Pl., 26. 1760
Cleome polygama Linnaeus [family CAPPARACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gordon C. Tucker
Information
Plants [perennial], 15–50 cm. Stems unbranched or slightly branched; glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–5 cm; leaflets 3, blade lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 5–12 × 0.4–1.4 cm, margins serrulate, apex acute to long-acuminate, surfaces glabrous. Racemes 6–25 cm; bracts unifoliate, subulate, to 1 mm. Pedicels 4–8 mm. Flowers: sepals deciduous, green, subulate, 2–2.5 × 0.4–0.5 mm, glabrous; petals white or whitish, with pinkish or red distally, obovate, 5–6 × 1.8–2 mm, shortly clawed; stamens yellow, 2–5 mm; anthers 2–3 mm; gynophore 1(–2) mm in fruit; ovary 2.5–4 mm; style 0.2–0.3 mm. Capsules 30–50 × 2.5–3 mm. Seeds pale green to brown, 1.4–1.5 mm, inconspicuously ridged. 2n = 24.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
ca. 100 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth America.USA Ga.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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