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Spider Flower, Kandy Royal Botanical Garden, Sri Lanka Still trying to find an ID, help requested. Asia,Cleome hassleriana,Kandy,Sri Lanka Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Spider Flower, Kandy Royal Botanical Garden, Sri Lanka

Still trying to find an ID, help requested.

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    Looks like this one. I'm not sure about the name, according to ITIS Tarenaya hassleriana is the valid name, but in wikipedia it is listed as a synonym. Cleome spinosa is either listed as a synonym or as a different species.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_hassleriana
    http://eol.org/pages/488261/overview
    http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/spider_flower.htm
    http://www.backyardnature.net/n/h/cleome-h.htm
    http://www.missouriplants.com/Pinkalt/Cleome_spinosa_page.html
    http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=823068
    http://www.academia.edu/2054890/TAXONOMY_AND_PHYSIOLOGICAL_STUDIES_IN_SPIDER_FLOWER_CLEOME_SPECIES_A_CRITICAL_REVIEW     Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Thank you so much, Wildflower! I was secretly hoping you would help me out with some of these plants :) Posted 10 years ago
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    travismorhardt
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    This one is a beauty! It reminds me of fireweed.

    Fireweed A fireweed plant welcomes the sun on a brisk August morning in northwest Wyoming. Chamaenerion angustifolium,Geotagged,Rosebay willowherb or fireweed,Shoshone National Forest,United States,Wildflowers,Wyoming
     Posted 10 years ago

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The Spider Flower

"Cleome hassleriana" is a species of flowering plant in the genus "Cleome" of the family Cleomaceae, native to southern South America in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southeast Brazil. It has also been introduced to South Asia, including the Haor area of Bangladesh and India.

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Similar species: Brassicales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Mar 4, 2015. Captured Nov 10, 2014 09:50.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/2.8
  • 1/400s
  • ISO125
  • 14mm