Cleomella longipes
(Chiricahua Mountain Stinkweed)
Cleomella longipes, Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park 8574
Cleomella longipes, Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park 8556
Cleomella longipes, Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park 8566
Cleomella longipes, Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park 8562
| Scientific Name | Cleomella longipes | USDA PLANTS Symbol | CLLO |
| Common Name | Chricahua Mountain Stinkweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 22637 |
| Family | Cleomaceae (Cleome) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy, gypsum limestone or alkaline soils, desert washes and flats. Plant: Erect annual 12 to 32 inches tall; leafy, branched, smooth stems. Leaves: Alternate, trifoliate; each group of leaflets on a petiole 0.3 to 0.8 inches long, blades are oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 0.6 to 1.2 inches long and 0.2 to 0.4 inches wide; tips are acute to rounded or emarginate; surfaces are smooth. Inflorescence: Terminal, fairly dense racemes 4 to 20 inches long with numerous flowers; 4 yellow, oblong, reflexed petals 1/3 to 3/8-inch long; 6 protruding stamens; sepals are green, smooth and lanceolate, 0.4 to 1 inch long. Bloom Period: May to September. Fruit: Smooth, flat, rhombic-shaped capsule up to 0.3 inches long and up to 0.4 inches wide. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Flowering Plants of the Trans-Pecos" by Poole and Worthington, Flora of North America and iNaturaist. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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