Cleomaceae
Bird spiderflower
Cleome ornithopodioides
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- ذفرة رجل الطير
- English
- Bird spiderflower
- Russian
- Клеома орнитопусовидная
Synonyms
- Cleome aurea Čelak.
- Cleome cypria Čelak.
- Cleome dilleniana DC.
- Cleome macedonica Heldr. ex Nadji
- Cleome ornithopodioides subsp. cypria (Čelak.) Holmboe
- Micambe ornithopodioides (L.) Medik.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.