Cleomaceae
Pretty lady
Cleome hirta
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pretty lady, Sticky purple cleome
Synonyms
- Cleome bechuanensis Bremek. & Oberm.
- Cleome giorgii De Wild.
- Cleome glandulosissima Gilg
- Cleome hildebrandtii Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Cleome pulcherrima Buscal. & Muschl.
- Cleome scheffleri Briq.
- Decastemon hirtus Klotzsch
- Polanisia hirta (Klotzsch) Pax
- Sieruela hirta (Klotzsch) Roalson & J.C.Hall
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.