Rough Spider Flower
Cleome aspera
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleome aspera
- Genus
- Cleome
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately compound (five+ leaflets)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rough Spider Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rough Spider Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rough Spider Flower
A member of the Capparaceae family, Rough Spider Flower (Cleome aspera) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Rough Spider Flower belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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