Asian Spiderflower (species: Cleome viscosa) in ALA: Lizard Island (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cleome viscosa
Asian Spiderflower


©Anne Hoggett: Cleome viscosa at the Lizard Island campground.

©Anne Hoggett: Cleome viscosa at the Lizard Island campground.

©Anne Hoggett: Cleome viscosa at the Lizard Island campground.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Brassicales
Family Cleomaceae
Genus Cleome
Species Cleome viscosa

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Distinguishing features

Erect plant up to 1 metre high. Palmate leaf with five leaflets. Yellow flower with four petals. Long, narrow pods that grow upwards.

Size

  • Up to 100 cm (height)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.