Cleomaceae
Spiderwisp
Cleome gynandra
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- ذفرة زنمردية, منتنة, تمليكة, خدش
- arz
- ذفره زنمرديه
- Bambara
- Nansege
- Chinese
- 白花菜, 羊角菜, 白花草, 臭花菜, 猪屎草, 白花菜子, 白花菜根
- English
- Spiderwisp, African cabbage, Cat's whiskers
- Indonesian
- Mamang
- ki
- Thegeti
- lzh
- 白花菜
- Malay
- Maman hantu, Maman betul
- Odia
- ଅଜଗନ୍ଧା, ଅଣସୋରିଷିଆ
- sg
- Vä
- Swahili
- Mgagani, Mkabili Shemsi, Mwangani Mgange
- Tamil
- நிலவேளை, தைவேளை, நல்வேளை
- Thai
- ผักเสี้ยน
- Vietnamese
- Màn màn, Màn màn trắng, Màn ri, Rau màn
Synonyms
- Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn.
- Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng.
- Cleome alliacea Blanco
- Cleome alliodora Blanco
- Cleome blumeana D.Dietr.
- Cleome bungei Steud.
- Cleome candelabrum Sims
- Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome eckloniana Schrad.
- Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome gynandra var. nana (Blatt. & Hallb.) Bhandari
- Cleome heterotricha Burch.
- Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome oleracea Welw.
- Cleome pentaphylla L.
- Cleome pentaphylla var. glabra Kuntze
- Cleome pentaphylla var. hirsuta Kuntze
- Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud.
- Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud.
- Cleome sessilifolia (DC.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome triphylla L.
- Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R.Br. ex Steud.
- Gynandropsis affinis Blume
- Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet
- Gynandropsis denticulata DC.
- Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl
- Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
- Gynandropsis heterotricha DC.
- Gynandropsis muricata Schrad.
- Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC.
- Gynandropsis palmipes DC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla var. nana Blatt. & Hallb.
- Gynandropsis sessilifolia DC.
- Gynandropsis sinica Miq.
- Gynandropsis triphylla DC.
- Gynandropsis viscida Bunge
- Pedicellaria gynandra (L.) Chiov.
- Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank
and 3 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 168 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheryl Stinchcomb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: wilderbombyx, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pau Pámies Grácia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philippe Bruot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Arturo Benavides Mendoza, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Spiderwisp: Distribution of Cleome gynandra , showing countries where it has been recorded, whether as native or exotic species [ 1 ]](/plants/cleome-gynandra/photos/e93cbc018c837cc5-l.webp)
Photo: JMK, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jgasa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SURJODOY BOSE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.