OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Capparaceae, Caper family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon Common Name: Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tarenaya species 1   FAMILY: Cleomaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cleome hassleriana   FAMILY: Capparaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleome houtteana 087-01-001   FAMILY: Capparaceae

 

Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, sandbars, riverbanks, persistent and self-seeding from cultivation as an ornamental

Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: South America

 


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Common Name: Cleome, Fringed Spiderflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cleome rutidosperma   FAMILY: Cleomaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cleome rutidosperma   FAMILY: Capparaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: tropical Asia & Africa

 


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