Cleome spinosa

Cleome spinosa, called the spiny spiderflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome. It is native to the New World Tropics, and has been introduced to the United States, tropical Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam, New Caledonia, and Korea.^[2] It is pollinated by bats.^[3]

Cleome spinosa
At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleome
Species:	C. spinosa
Binomial name
Cleome spinosa Jacq.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Cleome erucago Mill. Cleome heptaphylla L. Cleome pubescens Sims Cleome pungens Willd. Cleome pungens var. swartziana Griseb. Cleome sandwicensis A.Gray Cleome spinosa Sw. Cleome spinosa f. pungens (Willd.) Eichler Cleome spinosa var. subinermis Kuntze Cleome tonduzii Briq. Neocleome spinosa (Jacq.) Small Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf.

Photo of a spiny spiderflower in Pennsylvania.