Cleomaceae
Volantines preciosos
Cleome speciosa
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 洋白花菜, 西洋白花菜
- English
- Volantines preciosos, Showy spider flower
Synonyms
- Cleome cardinalis DC.
- Cleome gigantea Blanco
- Cleome longifolia Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome macrantha Turcz.
- Cleome pachystigma Briq.
- Cleome purpurea DC.
- Cleome speciosissima Deppe ex Lindl.
- Cleoserrata speciosa (Raf.) Iltis
- Gynandropsis grandiflora Turcz.
- Gynandropsis macrantha (Turcz.) Briq.
- Gynandropsis speciosa DC.
- Gynandropsis tracyi Briq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arn, CC BY 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.