Africa Wild

Index to Flowers in the Order Brassicales

Family: Cleomaceae (These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae)
Cleome angustifolia diandra Yellow Mouse-Whiskers, Yellow Cleome https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... 48#p327048
Cleome angustifolia petersiana Yellow Mouse-Whiskers, Yellow Cleome https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... 36#p170581

Yellow Mouse-Whiskers, Yellow Cleome Cleome angustifolia petersiana (Peultjiesbos)
Order: Brassicales. Family: Cleomaceae

© leachy
Kruger National Park

© Pumbaa
Kruger National Park

Description
Very common, tall (1m +) herb. A non-woody plant (forb). Dec - Mar.
Yellow flowers with violet markings near base, only two fertile stamens significantly longer and larger than the others, curving upwards.
The floral bracts divided into three leaflets distinguishes this subsp. from subsp. diandra (bracts undivided or absent).

Distribution
Not endemic to South Africa. Provincial distribution: KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West.

Habitat
Cleome prefers sandy or rocky soil. It is often the most common flower in disturbed ground, and may cover large areas. Also occurring in bushveld.

Links:
https://www.operationwildflower.org.za/ ... -il-3-7136


Marloth Park © RogerFraser

Yellow Mouse-Whiskers, Yellow Cleome Cleome angustifolia diandra (Peultjiesbos)
Order: Brassicales. Family: Cleomaceae

© ExFmem

© ExFmem
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Description
Slender erect herb, up to 75 cm tall. Leaves palmately compound with 3-9 linear leaflets, 1-4 cm long, glabrous. Flowers in a lax terminal inflorescence, bright golden yellow with purple spots near the base of the petals. Fertile stamens 2, up to 4 cm long. Capsule 5-10 cm long, linear.

Distribution
Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (Free State, Northern Cape, North West).

Habitat
In mopane woodland and other dry woodland.