Celandine Spider Flower

Plant Details

Scientific name

Cleome chelidonii

Genus

Cleome

Family

Capparaceae

Habit

Herb

Habitat

Grows as a weed in moist places of cultivated fields

Habitat type

Wetland, Cultivated, Wasteland

Distribution

India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Siam, Malaysia, Indonesia

Found in India

Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Assam, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Puducherry, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura

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

Type

Simple

Margin

Entire

Venation

Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Celandine Spider Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour

Purple/pinkrecorded

Typical of the family

Flower symmetry

Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)

Inflorescence

Raceme

Fruit

Capsule

Characters marked “recorded” are for Celandine Spider Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Celandine Spider Flower

Celandine Spider Flower (Cleome chelidonii) belongs to the Capparaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 28 other states. It grows in grows as a weed in moist places of cultivated fields. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.

Common plant problems

• Overwatering & Root Rot
• Houseplant Pests
• Leaf Spot on Plants
• Powdery Mildew on Plants

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