Cat Spider Flower
Cleome felina
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- May-December
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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