Cleome hassleriana
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Cleome hassleriana is a species of Cleome, native to southern South America in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southeast Brazil.[1]
It is an annual plant growing to a height of 150 cm, with spirally arranged leaves. The leaves are palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets, the leaflets up to 12 cm long and 4 cm broad and the leaf petiole up to 15 cm long. The flowers are purple, pink, or white, with four petals and six long stamens. The fruit is a capsule up to 15 cm long and 3 mm broad, containing several seeds. Flowering lasts from late spring to early fall.[2]
It is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant. Common names include Spider Flower and Spider Plant.[2] Numerous cultivars have been selected for flower color and other attributes. The "Queen" series includes the cultivars 'Violet Queen', 'Rose Queen', and 'White Queen'.
Plants in cultivation have at times been misidentified as Cleome arborea, C. pungens or C. spinosa.[1]
 C. hassleriana 'VioletQueen' |
 C. hassleriana 'VioletQueen' |
References
- a b Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cleome hassleriana
- a b Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 1: 652. Macmillan ISBN 1-56159-001-0.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Cleome hassleriana". Image Credit.
