Cleome rutidosperma, commonly known as fringed spider flower or purple cleome, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome of the family Cleomaceae, native to tropical Africa. This species is an invasive weed throughout most lowland wet tropical areas of Asia and Australia. It is a very common weed of lawns.[1]

Cleome rutidosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleome
Species:	C. rutidosperma
Binomial name
Cleome rutidosperma DC.

Description

Fringed spider flower is an erect, branched, annual herb, growing up to 15–100 cm tall. The plant has angular stems and trifoliolate leaves on stalk. Each leaflet is somewhat diamond-shaped. The flowers are very small (about 15 mm across) with upward pointing purple petals and protruding stamens and pistil. Pollens are elongated, approximately 29 microns in size.

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  Fruit is long and capsular
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  Pollens of Cleome rutidosperma

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