Sticky Purple Cleome |
Cleome hirta |
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Photographed near Lake Baringo, Kenya. Oct. 2016. |
The example shown here was a very robust plant close to two meters with several heavy stems and was growing in a sandy drainage channel. The leaves and foliage are covered with glandular hairs. These plants are also known as "Mouse-Whiskers" because of the many long stamens. The leaves are palmately compound with from 5 to 10 narrow leaflets. Many seeds are inside each of the long slender pods. Capparaceae -- Caper FamilyMore Information: |
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