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| Distribution | Scattered through most of the state, but with some big gaps. This species may show up almost anywhere.
Native to South America; in N.A. Que. to WI and NE, south to FL and TX. | |
| Abundance | Rare throughout. | |
| Habitat | River sandbars and shores, roadbanks, disturbed soil, fallow fields, waste ground. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-November. | |
| Identification | Spider-flower is a striking plant and popular in cultivation. It grows 3-6 feet tall, the stems being glandular-hairy. The leaves are long-stalked, divided into 5 lanceolate to oblanceolate leaflets that taper to both ends. The flowers grow in a terminal, spikelike raceme, the 4 petals pink to rose to purple, with very long stamens sticking out. The fruits grow from long stalks that tend to curve downward, linear, 2-3 inches long -- quite like some capsules of various Arabis species. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Long known by the name Cleome hassleriana. However, Weakley (2022) indicated that the taxon in the Southeast is undescribed; it was named as Tarenaya hassleriana.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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