General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 7-8 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: Glandular, pubescent capsule containing 10 to 30 seeds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Bats

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Common names
  • Spiderflower
  • Spiny Spiderflower
  • Wild Spiderflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tarenaya spinosa
  • Synonym: Cleome spinosa
  • Synonym: Cleome horrida

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Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-07-10
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Hackley woodland garden)
Date: September 14, 2022
Spider flower #104 nn; LHB page 431, 82-2-1, "Derivation uncertai
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-08-07

Date: June
Photo: JLPC / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Location: Lenore, ID
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