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Cleome coluteoides
Cleome coluteoides is a perennial herbaceous plant with rhizome from the Cleomaceae family. It grows to a height of 15 to 60 cm (6 to 24 in). Stems, branches, and leaves are covered with glandular hairs. The fresh plant has an unpleasant odor. It has yellow petals with purple veins. The fruit is a balloon-shaped capsule, 2.5 to 4.5 cm (1.0 to 1.8 in) long and 1 to 3.5 cm (0.4 to 1.4 in) wide, that is indehiscent and usually hanging. It...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 912522.