Cleomaceae

Jackass clover

Cleomella refracta (Engelm.) J.C.Hall & Roalson

Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella

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Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta) — FlowerPhoto: Emily Chebul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Jackass clover, Spectacle fruit

Synonyms

Cleome refracta (Engelm.) Mabb.
Cleomella coulteri Harv. ex A.Gray
Wislizenia costellata Rose ex Greene
Wislizenia melilotoides Greene
Wislizenia refracta Engelm.
Wislizenia refracta var. melilotoides (Greene) I.M.Johnst.
Wislizenia scabrida Eastw.

Flowers

In flower: March to May, August to December (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
FlowerPhoto: Emily Chebul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
FlowerPhoto: Jonathan Vaughn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover: Wislizenia refracta subsp. refracta , ca. mile 5 on NM Hwy 338, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 24 Aug 2010.$
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover: Wislizenia refracta subsp. refracta , ca. mile 5 on NM Hwy 338, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 24 Aug 2010.$
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover: Wislizenia refracta subsp. refracta , ca. mile 5 on NM Hwy 338, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 24 Aug 2010.$
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Jackass clover (Cleomella refracta)$
Photo: Emily Chebul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Jackass clover: Wislizenia refracta subsp. refracta , ca. mile 5 on NM Hwy 338, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 24 Aug 2010.$
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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). About our plant data.