Cleome rutidosperma

de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 241. 1824.

Common names: Fringed spiderflower
Introduced
Synonyms: Cleome ciliata Schumacher & Thonning
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 216.

Annuals or perennials, 30–100 cm. Stems sparsely branched, (often decumbent); glabrous or glabrescent to slightly scabrous (sometimes glandular-pubescent). Leaves: stipules 0–0.5 mm; petiole (winged proximally), 0.5–3.5 cm; leaflets 3, blade oblanceolate to rhombic-elliptic, 1–3.5 × 0.5–1.7 cm, margins entire or serrulate-ciliate, apex usually acute to obtuse, sometimes acuminate, surfaces with curved hairs on veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Racemes 2–4 cm (8–15 cm in fruit); bracts trifoliate, 10–35 mm. Pedicels 11–21 mm (18–30 mm in fruit). Flowers: sepals yellow, lanceolate, 2.5–4 × 0.2–0.3 mm, margins denticulate, ciliate, glabrous; petals white or purple-speckled (2 central ones with yellow transverse band abaxially), oblong to narrowly ovate, 7–10 × 1.5–2.3 mm; stamens yellow, 5–7 mm; anthers 1–2 mm; gynophore 4–12 mm in fruit; ovary 2–3 mm, glabrous; style 0.5–1.4 mm. Capsules 40–70 × 3–4 mm. Seeds 4–25, reddish-brown to black, reniform, 1–1.5 mm, arillate.


Phenology: Flowering ± year-round.
Habitat: Roadsides, vacant lots, canal banks, lawn edges in sun or shade
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., S.C., tropical Asia, Africa, also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Cleome rutidosperma has sometimes been misidentified as Hemiscola aculeata (Cleome aculeata); it lacks the nodal spines of that species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Cleome rutidosperma"
conical +  and discoid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
acuminate +, usually acute +  and obtuse +
Gordon C. Tucker +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
serrulate +, serrate +  and entire +
oblanceolate +  and rhombic-elliptic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Fringed spiderflower +
Fla. +, S.C. +, tropical Asia +, Africa +, also in Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0-200 m +
adnate +  and free +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
elongate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Roadsides, vacant lots, canal banks, lawn edges in sun or shade +
sessile +  and stalked +
axillary +  and terminal +
arranged +  and alternate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
ciliate +  and serrulate-ciliate +
denticulate +
1-carpellate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
purple-speckled +  and white +
distinct +
7mm;10mm +
oblong +  and narrowly ovate +
unequal +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
Flowering ± year-round. +
tricolporate +  and binucleate +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
reddish-brown +  and black +
reniform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +
lanceolate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
Introduced +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
glabrescent +  and slightly scabrous +
deciduous +  and caducous +
scale-like +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Cleome ciliata +
Cleome rutidosperma +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +