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Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)

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  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Andrew Bossi | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Andrew Bossi | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
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  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  • Spiny Spiderflower (Cleome Spinosa) https://www.sagebud.com/spiny-spiderflower-cleome-spinosa
    Credit: Myself | Taken by myself with a digital camera | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL

Cleome Spinosa, or more commonly know as Spiny Spiderflower, is a forb/herb subshrub of the genus Cleome. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Cleome Spinosa or Spiny Spiderflower's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Cleome
  • Family: Capparaceae
  • Order: Capparales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb Subshrub
  • Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (N) VI (N)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU- FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU-) 2(FACU+) 3(FACU*) 5(NI) 6(NI) C(FAC)





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