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Cleome rutidosperma
Also called Consumption Weed
Fringed spiderflower is a fast-growing annual weed in the caper family, native to tropical Africa and now widespread in warm wet lowlands of Asia and Australia. It spreads quickly from ant-buried seed, so it is mainly a weed of disturbed soil rather than a garden plant.
Cleome rutidosperma, commonly known as fringed spider flower or purple cleome, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome of the family Cleomaceae, native to tropical Africa. This species is an invasive weed throughout most lowland wet tropical areas of Asia and Australia. It is a very common weed of lawns.
Cleome rutidosperma is native to West Africa, where its habitat is usually along coastal regions but can extend to inland areas. It has been introduced to other parts of the world and is now found in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, America, the Pacific, and Oceania.
Cleome rutidosperma is considered a weed. It has a moderate impact on field crops where it has been introduced.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleome rutidosperma 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.
