EASTERN CLEOMELLA
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Cleomella angustifolia Torr.
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| Stafford County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 2-8 feet |
| Family: Capparaceae - Caper Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September |
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| Also Called: | | Narrow-leaf rhombopod. | | Stems: | | Erect, branched, often bushy, glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, stalked, palmately tri-foliolate; leaflets linear-elliptic to linear, 1 to 2.4 inches long, 1/12 to 1/3 inch wide; margins entire, tips pointed; stipules minute. | | Inflorescences: | | Racemes, bracted, terminating branches. | | Flowers: | | Small, regular, on stalks 1/4 to 1/2 inch long; sepals 4, distinct, thin, overlapping, deciduous; petals 4, oblanceolate, 1/6 to 1/4 inch long; stamens 6, of equal length. | | Fruits: | | Pod, broader than long, rhombic to somewhat triangular, 1/5 to 2/5 inch long and wide; valves 2, helmet-like; seeds 3-6 per capsule, kidney-shaped, dark brown, mottled. | | Habitat: | | Roadsides, river bottoms, gravel bars, and draws; sandy soils. | | Distribution: | | Central 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Angustifolia is from Latin angustus "narrow" and folium "leaf", alluding to the leaflets. |
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| Eastern cleomella |  | | 149 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
| | Eastern cleomella flowers |  | | 93 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
| | Eastern cleomella inflorescences |  | | 139 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
| | Eastern cleomella leaf |  | | 63 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
| | Eastern cleomella pods |  | | 66 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
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