Cleomella angustifolia

Narrowleaf rhombopod
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleomella
Species:	C. angustifolia
Binomial name
	Cleomella angustifolia; Torr.
Synonyms
	Cleomella mexicana Torr. 1828, Illegitimate, non DC. 1824.

Cleomella angustifolia, the Narrowleaf rhombopod, is a plant species native to the south-central United States. It grows in roadsides, grasslands, stream banks, and pond shores in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.^[1]

Cleomella angustifolia is an herb up to 200 cm tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 3-8 pairs of leaflets. Flowers are yellow-orange, up to 15 mm across. Capsules are rhomboidal, up to 12 mm across.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ Flora of North America v 7 p 210.
^ Torrey, John. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 255.
^ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.

[1] Flora of North America v 7 p 210.

[2] Torrey, John. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 255.

[3] Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.

[4] Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.

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