Photo: Cleome gynandra 0.
Flowering top. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Planted. 2011-07-13.
Cleome gynandra L.
Engl.: spiderwisp, African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's whiskers.
Deu.: Afrikanische Spinnenpflanze.
Fran.: feuilles caya, mozambé.
Bot. syn.: Cleome edulis Raf., Cleome pentaphylla L., Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq., Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
Flowering top. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Planted. 2011-07-13.
Flowering top from above. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Planted. 2011-07-13.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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