Cat Spider Flower
Cleome felina
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- May-December
How to identify Cat Spider Flower
Identify Cat Spider Flower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately compound (five+ leaflets).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cat Spider Flower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleome felina
- Genus
- Cleome
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub forests and fallow lands
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- 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 Cat 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 Cat Spider Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cat Spider Flower
A member of the Capparaceae family, Cat Spider Flower (Cleome felina) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in scrub forests and fallow lands. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Cat Spider Flower belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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