Cleome hassleriana
(Prickly spider flower)
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FAMILY |
Cleomaceae / Capparaceae |
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Species |
Cleome hassleriana |
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Common name(s) |
Prickly spider flower |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers white, pink, mauve; herb erect to 1.5 m, usually less |
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Distinguishing features |
Conical, recurved prickles on stem and leaf stalks/ leaves compound, palmate with 5 leaflets to 12 cm long. Flowers to 5 cm wide, stamens prominent up to about 7 cm long; white through to pink, mauve. Fruit a long thin capsule or siliqua. |
