Cleome angustifolia

Cleome angustifolia, known as golden cleome, yellow cleome or yellow mouse whiskers,^[3] 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.^[3] Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål described C. angustifolia in 1775.^[1][4] It is one of three species in genus Cleome (the others being C. gynandra and C. oxalidea) that independently acquired the C₄ pathway of carbon fixation. A species close to C. angustifolia, Cleome paradoxa, is C₃–C₄ intermediate.^[5]

Cleome angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleome
Species:	C. angustifolia
Binomial name
Cleome angustifolia Forssk.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Cleome didynarna Hochst. ex Oliv. Cleome filifolia Vahl [Illegitimate] Cleome hochstetteri (Eichler) Cufod. Coalisia angustifolia (Forssk.) Raf. Dianthera hochstetteri Eichler