PLANTS Profile for Cleome isomeris (bladderpod spiderflower)

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Cleome isomeris Greene
bladderpod spiderflower

Symbol:

CLIS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Capparaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, MO, Saint Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden. October 14, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Cleome isomeris Greene

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Synonyms:
Cleome isomeris Greene

	ISAR	Isomeris arborea Nutt.
	ISARA	Isomeris arborea Nutt. var. angustata Parish
	ISARG	Isomeris arborea Nutt. var. globosa Coville
	ISARI	Isomeris arborea Nutt. var. insularis Jeps.

Distribution:
Cleome isomeris Greene


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Cleome isomeris Greene

View 14 genera in Capparaceae, 19 species in Cleome

Classification:
Cleome isomeris Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Capparaceae – Caper family
Genus	Cleome L. – spiderflower
Species	Cleome isomeris Greene – bladderpod spiderflower

More Accounts and Images:
Cleome isomeris Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22618.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 02:47 PM MDT