stinkweed
Cleomella
Cleomella is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 22 species of native to North America, ranging from southern Mexico through the western and central United States to western and central Canada. Like their relatives, the cleomes, 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 inflorescences of yellow flowers with long stamens. Cleomella species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas.
22 species are accepted.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bladderpod
speciesCleomella arborea
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
speciesCleomella serrulata
yellow beeplant
speciesCleomella lutea
Mojave stinkweed
speciesCleomella obtusifolia
Jackass-clover
speciesCleomella refracta
Spiny Caper
speciesCleomella oxystyloides
Hillman's stinkweed
speciesCleomella hillmanii
Slender Cleomella
speciesCleomella parviflora
Twisted Cleomella
speciesCleomella plocasperma
golden beeplant
speciesCleomella platycarpa
Chiricahua Mountain stinkweed
speciesCleomella longipes
naked spiderflower
speciesCleomella sparsifolia
palmer's jackass-clover
speciesCleomella palmeri
Jones' beeplant
speciesCleomella jonesii
Narrowleaf Rhombopod
speciesCleomella angustifolia
short-pedicelled cleomella
speciesCleomella brevipes
Slender Spiderflower
speciesCleomella multicaulis
Rocky Mountain Stickweed
speciesCleomella palmeriana
Cleomella californica
speciesCleomella californica
Cleomella perennis
speciesCleomella perennis
Cleomella mexicana
speciesCleomella mexicana
Cleomella jaliscensis
speciesCleomella jaliscensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72058.