PLANTS Profile for Cleome hassleriana (pink queen)

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PLANTS Profile

Cleome hassleriana Chod.
pink queen

Symbol:

CLHA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Capparaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		N
CAN		I


Other common names:
	spider-flower
	spiderplant

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Cleome spinosa

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Cleome hassleriana Chod.

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Synonyms:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.

	CLAR8	Cleome arborea hort.
	CLHA5	Cleome hasslerana Chodat, orth. var.
	CLHO	Cleome houtteana auct. non Schltdl.
	CLPU4	Cleome pungens auct. non Willd.
	CLSP8	Cleome spinosa auct. non Jacq.

Distribution:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.

View 14 genera in Capparaceae, 19 species in Cleome

Classification:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Capparaceae – Caper family
Genus	Cleome L. – spiderflower
Species	Cleome hassleriana Chod. – pink queen

Introduced Information:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cleome hassleriana Chod.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501583.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 03:55 AM CDT