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Cleome houtteana
Also called Spider Flower, Spiderplant
Pink Queen (Cleome houtteana) is an annual flowering plant from southern South America, grown for its spidery pink, purple or white flowers on tall stems. It is easiest in full sun and warm weather, sown directly once the soil has warmed.
Cleome houtteana, commonly known as spider flower, spider plant, pink queen, or grandfather's whiskers, 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.
It is an annual growing to a height of 150 cm (60 in), with spirally arranged leaves. It has a height of 90 cm (35 in) to 180 cm (71 in). The leaves are palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets, the leaflets up to 12 cm (5 in) long and 4 cm (2 in) broad and the leaf petiole up to 15 cm (6 in) long. Its maximum crown width ranges from 30 cm (12 in) to 60 cm (24 in). The flowers are purple, pink, or white, with four petals and six long stamens.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleome houtteana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
