Scientific Name:	Cleome hassleriana
Pronunciation:	klee-OH-mee hass-ler-ee-AH-na
Common Name:	spider flower
Family Name:	Capparidaceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Leaves aromatic, sticky, palmate with 5-7 elliptic leaflets, spiny stipules; florets spider-like with protruding stamens, in dense elongated terminal racemes of pink, purple or white, from summer to frost; fruits long and thin, pod-like capsules, green ripening to reddish-brown.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: South America Hardiness Rating: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Filler, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Lustrous, Pubescent Compound Leaf: Digitate (palmate) Colour in Summer: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Acute, Cuneate Margins: Ciliate, Entire Additional Info: 5 to 7 leaflets

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 1 Corolla Shape: Ligulate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink, Purple Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Green, Dark-red, Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct, Nov Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour: n/a, Green

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Aphids or adelgids, Fungal leaf spot, Mildew, Mites, Whitefly or psyllids, Deer resistant, Rust, Rabbit resistant

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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