Cleome — 12 species
Botanical species in the genus Cleome recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Cleome chelidonii
Cleome chelidonii
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
A plant of heavy clay soils and often quite wet conditions. Often found in its native habitat as a weed of cultivated fields, where it can be so abundant that the field is coloured reddish-purple by the flowers.
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Cleome gynandra
Cleome gynandra
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 2,400 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 18 - 25°c, but can tolerate 10 - 35°c. Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread.
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Cleome hirta
Cleome hirta
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
The plant grows in areas of Tanzania where the man annual rainfall is in the range 600 - 1,700mm. Succeeds in shallow red clay loams.
Full cultivation guide →Cleome lutea
Cleome lutea
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread. A frost tender plant, it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain.
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Cleome monophylla
Cleome monophylla
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread. A frost tender plant, it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain.
Full cultivation guide →Cleome ornithopodioides
Cleome ornithopodioides
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species but it should succeed as a spring-sown annual in Britain. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread.
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Cleome rutidosperma
Cleome rutidosperma
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the wet, lowland tropics, growing in areas with a mean annual rainfall within the range 1,700 - 3,000mm. The plant has become a weed in many areas in the tropics, often spreading freely and becoming invasive. It spreads by seed, which is dispersed by water, in farm machinery, farm produce and often by ants
Full cultivation guide →Cleome serrulata
Cleome serrulata
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread. A frost tender plant, it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain. A very good bee plant, it is often planted by apiarists in America.
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Cleome viscosa
Cleome viscosa
Family: Cleomaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread. A frost tender plant, it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain.
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