Cleomella angustifolia

Cleomella angustifolia
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleomella
Species:	C. angustifolia
Binomial name
Cleomella angustifolia Torr.
Synonyms
Cleomella mexicanaTorr. 1828, Illegitimate, non DC. 1824.

Cleomella angustifolia, the narrowleaf rhombopod, is a plant species native to the south-central United States. It grows in roadsides, grasslands, stream banks, and pond shores in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. ^[2]

Cleomella angustifolia is an herb up to 200 cm tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 3–8 pairs of leaflets. Flowers are yellow-orange, up to 15 mm across. Capsules are rhomboidal, up to 12 mm across. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. NatureServe (2024). "Cleomella angustifolia". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
2. Flora of North America v 7 p 210.
3. Torrey, John. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 255.
4. Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.