Cleome ornithopodioides

Cleome ornithopodioides

''Cleome ornithopodioides'' or bird spiderflower is the type species of the genus ''Cleome'' which is part of the family Cleomaceae or Brassicaceae. The species epithet means "birds-foot like" .
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Appearance

''Cleome ornithopodioides'' is an annual plant growing to a height of .3 m.

Flowers possess both male and female reproductive organs.

Habitat

Native to the area of the eastern Mediterranean, ''C. ornithopodioides'' was described in 1865 as living in the wild along with ''Trifolium stellatum'' in a fertile valley at the foot of Mount Serbal.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderBrassicales
FamilyCleomaceae
GenusCleome
SpeciesC. ornithopodioides
Photographed in
Turkey