Cleomella
Encyclopedia
Cleomella is a small genus of about ten species of flowering plants. Like their relatives, the cleome
s, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family Capparaceae
but have recently been moved into a new family, Cleomaceae
. Cleomella are annual wildflowers native to the dry and desert regions of western North America. They are similar to cleomes in appearance. They are erect and branching with leaves divided into three leaflets and inflorescence
s of yellow flowers with long stamen
s. Cleomella species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas.
Species include:
Cleome
Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae. Previously it had been placed in family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to Brassicaceae than Capparaceae...
s, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family Capparaceae
Capparaceae
Capparaceae , commonly known as the Caper family, is a family of plants in order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, it contains 33 genera and about 700 species...
but have recently been moved into a new family, Cleomaceae
Cleomaceae
Cleomaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, comprising about 300 species in 10 genera. These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae, but were raised to a distinct family when DNA evidence showed that the genera included in it are more closely...
. Cleomella are annual wildflowers native to the dry and desert regions of western North America. They are similar to cleomes in appearance. They are erect and branching with leaves divided into three leaflets and inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s of yellow flowers with long stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s. Cleomella species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas.
Species include:
- Cleomella angustifolia - narrowleaf rhombopod
- Cleomella brevipesCleomella brevipesCleomella brevipes is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common name shortstalk stinkweed. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent hills, where it grows in wet alkaline environments such as mineral-rich desert hot springs. It is an annual herb producing a rough,...
- shortstalk stinkweed - Cleomella hillmanii - Hillman's stinkweed
- Cleomella longipes - Chiricahua Mountain stinkweed
- Cleomella macbrideana - MacBride cleomella
- Cleomella obtusifoliaCleomella obtusifoliaCleomella obtusifolia is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common name Mojave stinkweed. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent hills, where it grows in alkaline soils in the desert scrub. It is an annual herb producing a rough, hairy stem up to 90 centimeters...
- Mojave stinkweed - Cleomella palmeriana - Rocky Mountain stinkweed
- Cleomella parvifloraCleomella parvifloraCleomella parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common name slender stinkweed. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in desert and sagebrush scrub in the Mojave Desert and southern parts of the Great Basin. It is an annual herb...
- slender stinkweed - Cleomella plocaspermaCleomella plocaspermaCleomella plocasperma is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common name twisted cleomella and alkali stinkweed. It is native to the Great Basin and Mojave Desert in the western United States, where it grows mainly in wet, alkaline soils such as those around hot springs....
- twisted cleomella