Cleome angustifolia diandra
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Full name: | Cleome angustifolia subsp. diandra (Burch.) Kers |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Geel-cleome, Peultjiesbos, Wilde-ertjie |
| English common name(s): | Western yellow mouse-whiskers, Yellow mouse-whiskers, Yellow cleome, Wild cleome, Pretty lady, Tusked spindlepod |
| Synonym(s): | Cleome angustifolia var. diandra Cleome diandra Burch. (1822) Polanisia diandra (Burch.) T.Durand & Schinz (1898) Cleome diandra var. pteropoda Welw. ex Oliv. Cleome angustifolia var. pteropoda (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kers (TA = accepted; SA = rejected) Cleome angustifolia var. namaquensis Kers Cleome angustifolia var. damarensis Kers Dianthera burchelliana Klotzsch ex Sond. Polanisia dianthera DC. (1824) |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Slender erect herb, up to 75 cm tall. Leaves palmately compound with 3-9 linear leaflets, 1-4 cm long, glabrous. Flowers in a lax terminal inflorescence, bright golden yellow with purple spots near the base of the petals. Fertile stamens 2, up to 4 cm long. Capsule 5-10 cm long, linear. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Floral bracts undivided or absent in subsp. diandra. (from za.ispot.org.uk website / Lize von Staden) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 27 Apr 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/800 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 01 Jun 2020 |
