Cleome gynandra
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21 Mar 2008
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| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Full name: | Cleome gynandra L. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Oorpeultjie, Snotterbelletjie, Oorpynpeultjie, Palmbossie, Inheemse kool, Vingerblaartee |
| English common name(s): | African cabbage, Spider-wisp, Spider-wisp cleome, Cat's whiskers, Spider weed, Spider flower, African herbage, Bastard mustard, African Herbage |
| Synonym(s): | Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Cleome candelabrum Sims fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Cleome denticulata (DC.) Schult.f. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Cleome eckloniana Schrad. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Cleome heterotricha Burch. Cleome pentaphylla L. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Cleome triphylla L. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Gynandropsis denticulata DC. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. Gynandropsis heterotricha (Burch.) DC. Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. Gynandropsis triphylla (L.) DC. fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 Pedicellaria gynandra (L.) Chiov. fide Fl. Somalia (1993) I, 56 Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank fide Fl. Cameroun 29, 52 |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Flowers rose pink or white. Stamens on 1-2 cm long stalk makes this species unmistakeable. (from za.ispot.org.uk website / Lize von Staden) Much-branched annual herb, covered in glandular hairs, strongly aromatic when crushed. Leaves palmate with 3-5 obovate leaflets; margins shallowly dentate. Flowers in a terminal raceme; petals white, fading pinkish; stamens purple, borne on a long stalk. Fruit a long linear capsule. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
