Cleomaceae

Spiny spiderflower

Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf.

Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Tarenaya

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Spiny spiderflower: Eigen foto van zelf gezaaide plant in eigen tuin — Photo: Casimir at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)

arz: كليوم سبينوزا
Chinese: 醉蝶花, 刺白花菜, 白花菜, 紫龙须, 西洋白花菜
Czech: Luštěnice trnitá
Dutch: Kattensnor
English: Spiny spiderflower
German: Spinnenblume
Hebrew: פרח העכביש
Indonesian: Mamang besar
Korean: 풍접초
Quechua: Chawqa mayu
Swedish: Paradisblomster

Synonyms

Cleome erucago Mill.
Cleome heptaphylla L.
Cleome pubescens Sims
Cleome pungens Willd.
Cleome pungens var. swartziana Griseb.
Cleome sandwicensis A.Gray
Cleome spinosa Jacq.
Cleome spinosa Sw.
Cleome spinosa f. pungens (Willd.) Eichler
Cleome spinosa var. subinermis Kuntze
Cleome tonduzii Briq.
Cleome viminea Schrad.
Neocleome spinosa (Jacq.) Small

Flowers

In flower: April to July, September to October, December to February (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Casimir at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Priskamarsila29, 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). About our plant data.