''Cleome angustifolia'', known as golden cleome, yellow cleome or yellow mouse whiskers,
is an African species of plant in the
Cleomaceae family. It is common along roadsides and in disturbed areas and is eaten as vegetable locally.
Swedish naturalist
Peter Forsskål described ''C. angustifolia'' in 1775.
It is one of three species in genus ''
Cleome
''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae ge ...
'' (the others being ''
C. gynandra'' and ''
C. oxalidea'') that independently acquired the
pathway of carbon fixation. A species close to ''C. angustifolia'', ''
Cleome paradoxa
''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae ge ...
'', is – intermediate.
References
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angustifolia
Plants described in 1775