Cleome angustifolia
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Seed pod
17 Mar 2007
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Flower
21 Mar 2008
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21 Mar 2008
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Leaf
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Full name: | Cleome angustifolia Forssk. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Geel-cleome, Peultjiesbos |
| English common name(s): | Yellow mouse-whiskers, Yellow cleome |
| Synonym(s): | Cleome angustifolia Forssk. subsp. angustifolia (1775) Dianthera hochstetteri Eichler Cleome hochstetteri (Eichler) Cufod. (1969) Cleome didynama Hochst. ex Oliv. Polanisia didynama (Hochst. ex Oliv.) T.Durand & Schinz (1898) Cleome filifolia Vahl (1790) Dianthera abyssinica Schweinf. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Yellow flowers with maroon at base. Erect glaucous herb 30-120 cm tall, simple to branched. Stems striate, pallid, glabrous to conspicuously aculeolate- glandular, sometimes with a fusiform swelling in the main stem. Leaves 3-9(-13)-foliolate, petiolate; |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
