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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Cleomaceae

SPECIES

Polanisia - [maps | photos]

  • Polanisia dodecandra * (L.) DC.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: redwhisker clammy weed
    Synonyms:
             • Polanisia graveolens Raf.

Tarenaya - [maps | photos]

             • Cleome hassleriana Chod.
             • Cleome spinosa auct. non Jacq.

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
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