OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tarenaya species 1   FAMILY Cleomaceae   Go to FSUS key



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 north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

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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image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm100702_068

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm100702_072

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaflets 5 or 7, blade elliptic to oblanceolate, margins serrulate-denticulate, apex acute, per Flora of North America.

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

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).

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm100702_088

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5507

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5508

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5509

September    Greenville County    SC

Stems sparsely branched; glandular-pubescent, per Flora of North America.

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

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).

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

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).

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5514

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves: stipular spines 1-3mm; petiole 2.5-7.5cm, glandular-pubescent, with scattered spines 1-3mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Tarenaya species 1, Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

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 north of Mexico, vol. 7
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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves with stipular spines; petiole with scattered spines

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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