Cleomella angustifolia

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Cleomella angustifolia
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Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
Species:
C. angustifolia
Binomial name
Cleomella angustifolia
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]

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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.