Cleomella refracta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Cleomaceae |
| Genus: | Cleomella |
| Species: | C. refracta
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| Cleomella refracta (Engelm.) J.C.Hall & Roalson (2015)
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Cleomella refracta, common names jackass clover or spectacle fruit, is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family, Cleomaceae.[1] It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, particularly Chihuahua, Sonora, trans-Pecos Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California (Riverside, Kern and San Bernardino Counties).[2] The species occurs in sandy flats, desert scrub and disturbed sites such as roadsides.[3]
Cleomella refracta is an annual herb up to 200 cm (78.5 in) tall. Leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets ovate (egg-shaped), up to 5 cm (2 in) long. Its flowers are yellow.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cleomella refracta (Engelm.) J.C.Hall & Roalson. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Calflora Taxon Report
- ^ Flora of North America v 7 p 214
- ^ Wislizenus, Friedrich (Frederick) Adolph. Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 99. 1848.
- ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ^ Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
- ^ Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
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