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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tarenaya species 1
FAMILY
Cleomaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spiderflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleome hassleriana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tarenaya hassleriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tarenaya hassleriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 087-01-001:
Cleome houtteana FAMILY Capparaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cleome spinosa
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neocleome spinosa
COMMON NAME:
Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen
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JK Marlow jkm100702_068
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_072
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets oblanceolate, entire. Leaves with flattened recurved stipular thorns, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100702_081
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Petals in bud are pale, turning deep pink upon opening; by morning again a pale pink or white, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm100702_088
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5507
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5508
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5509
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5510
September Greenville County SC
Petals clawed, claw 1-1.5cm long. Filaments 4-6cm long (longer than petals), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5513
September Greenville County SC
Fruit about as long as gynophore [elongated stalk bearing the pistil], gynophore 45-80mm, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5514
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5516
September Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tarenaya species 1
FAMILY
Cleomaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleome hassleriana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tarenaya hassleriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Tarenaya hassleriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 087-01-001:
Cleome houtteana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cleome spinosa
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neocleome spinosa
3500
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, sandbars, riverbanks, persistent and self-seeding from cultivation as an ornamental, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Alternate, spirally arranged
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink or white (AM), deep pink (PM)
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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