Cleomaceae
Iberian spiderflower
Cleome iberica
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- ذفرة إيبيرية
- English
- Iberian spiderflower
- Russian
- Клеоме сероватая, Левантская горчица
Synonyms
- Cleome canescens Steven ex DC.
- Cleome circassica Tzvelev
- Cleome dagestanica (Rupr.) Tzvelev
- Cleome donetzica Tzvelev
- Cleome ornithopodioides f. daghestanica Rupr.
- Cleome ornithopodioides subsp. canescens (Steven ex DC.) Tzvelev
- Cleome ornithopodioides subsp. donetzica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Cleome ornithopodioides subsp. donetzica Tzvelev
- Cleome ornithopodioides var. sessilis Boiss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Serdar Ölez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.