Cleomaceae
Asian spiderflower
Cleome viscosa
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (5)
- bug
- Jarumamaq
- Chinese
- 向天黃, 黄花草, 向天黄, 臭矢菜, 黄龙菜, 羊角草
- English
- Asian spiderflower, Sticky spider flower, Tick-Weed
- Thai
- ผักเสี้ยนตัวเมีย, ผักเสี้ยนป่า, ส้มเสี้ยนผี, เสี้ยนผี, ไปนิพพานไม่รู้กลับ
- Vietnamese
- Sơn tiền
Synonyms
- Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf.
- Corynandra viscosa (L.) Cochrane & Iltis
- Polanisia viscosa (L.) Blume
- Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC.
- Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer
- Sinapistrum viscosum (L.) Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, 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.