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Slenderleaf clammyweed

Polanisia tenuifolia

Slenderleaf clammyweed
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0

Slenderleaf clammyweed (Polanisia tenuifolia) is a small annual wildflower native to Florida's pine flatwoods and sandy habitats. It is a wild species rather than a commonly grown garden plant, and it grows best in open, sunny, sandy ground.

Family
Cleomaceae (Cleom family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly during establishment, then rely on rainfall; it tolerates dry sandy soil.
Soil
Well-drained sandy soil
Temperature
Warm subtropical conditions; frost-tender annual
How easy
Moderate

About

Polansia tenuifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Cleomaceae. It grows in Florida. It is known by the common names pineland catchfly and slender-leaf clammyweed (or slenderleaf clammyweed). It is synonymous with Aldenella tenuifolia, Cleome aldanella, Cleome tenuifolia, and Jacksonia tenuifolia. It is an annual.

Other Polanisia plants

Redwhisker clammyweed · Large clammyweed · James' clammyweed · Clammyweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polanisia tenuifolia 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.

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