Cleomella sparsifolia

Cleomella sparsifolia

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
Species:
C. sparsifolia
Binomial name
Cleomella sparsifolia
(S.Watson) J.C.Hall & Roalson (2015)
Synonyms[2]
  • Carsonia sparsifolia (S.Watson) Greene (1900)
  • Cleome sparsifolia S.Watson (1871)

Cleomella sparsifolia is a species of flowering plant known by the common names fewleaf cleome and fewleaf spiderflower. This annual wildflower is native to California and Nevada where it grows in desert sand. This is an erect, branching plant not exceeding a meter in height. Its sparse leaves are each made up of 3 thick, oval-shaped leaflets. The bright yellow flowers have curving petals and long stamens tipped with knobby anthers. The fruit is a capsule up to 4 centimeters long.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ Cleomella sparsifolia (S.Watson) J.C.Hall & Roalson. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 December 2023.