. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Cleome spinosa L. Spider-flower. Fig. 2114. Cleome spinosa L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 939. 1763. Cleome pungens Willd. Enum. PI. 689. 1809. Annual, erect, 2°-4° high, branching above, clammy-pubescent. Leaves 5-7- foliolate, the lower long-petioled, 5'-8' in diameter, the upper shorter-petioled or nearly sessile, passing into the simple lanceolate or cordate-ovate bracts of the ra
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Cleome spinosa L. Spider-flower. Fig. 2114. Cleome spinosa L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 939. 1763. Cleome pungens Willd. Enum. PI. 689. 1809. Annual, erect, 2°-4° high, branching above, clammy-pubescent. Leaves 5-7- foliolate, the lower long-petioled, 5'-8' in diameter, the upper shorter-petioled or nearly sessile, passing into the simple lanceolate or cordate-ovate bracts of the raceme; petioles spiny at the base; leaflets lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, mi- nutely serrulate; flowers numerous, long- pedicelled, showy, purple or whitish, i' broad or more; petals obovate, long- clawed ; stipe of the linear glabrous pod at length 2-6' long; stamens variable in length, often long-exserted. In waste places, southern New York to Florida, west to Illinois, Arkansas and Louisi- ana. Sometimes cultivated for ornament. Fugitive or adventive from tropical America. Prickly cleome. Summer.
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