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  6. Spider Flower Family
  7. Spider Flowers

genus

Spider Flowers

Cleome

Traits
Includes
1 native 3 introduced 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Spider Flower introduced
  • Purple Cleome introduced
  • Asian Spiderflower present
  • Spiderwisp introduced
  • Spiny Spider-flower present
  • Slenderleaf Clammyweed native
  • Prickly Spiderflower present
  • Hairy Spindlepod
  • Mexican Clammyweed present
  • Cleome pallida
  • Spider-flower
  • Garden Spider-flower
  • Iberian Spiderflower
  • Magnificent Spiderflower
  • Bird Spiderflower
  • Spreading Spiderflower
  • Cleome stenophylla
  • Spiny Spiderflower
  • Cleome arborea

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native spider flowers All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Slenderleaf Clammyweed Cleome aldenella caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 9

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