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alkali cleomella, alkali stinkweed, twisted cleomella

Habit Plants 10–55(–85) cm.
Stems

sparsely branched distally (central stem dominant); glabrous.

Leaves

stipules (scarious) 0.5–1 mm;

petiole 0.8–2 cm;

leaflet blade linear-elliptic, 1.5–4.5 × 0.2–0.7 cm, thin, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous.

Inflorescences

racemes, terminating stems and branches, 1–15 cm (2–20 cm in fruit);

bracts unifoliate, 5–25 mm.

Pedicels

ascending in fruit, 5–10 mm (6–12 mm in fruit).

Flowers

sepals green, lanceolate, 0.9–2.2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous;

petals yellow or orange, oblong, 3.5–5(–7) × 1.4–1.6(–2) mm, hairy abaxially;

stamens yellow, 8–12 mm;

anthers 1.5–1.9 mm;

gynophore ascending, 6–10 mm in fruit;

ovary rhomboidal, 1–1.5 mm;

style 0.8–1.2 mm.

Capsules

ovoid to rhomboidal, 2.5–5 × 2.5–6(–8) mm, glabrous.

Seeds

2–4, silver-gray with black mottling, globose, 2–2.2 mm, smooth.

Cleomella plocasperma

Phenology Flowering mid spring–fall.
Habitat Wet alkaline meadows, greasewood flats, around thermal springs
Elevation 800-1400 m (2600-4600 ft)
Distribution
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CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 213.
Parent taxa Cleomaceae > Cleomella
Sibling taxa
C. angustifolia, C. brevipes, C. hillmanii, C. longipes, C. obtusifolia, C. palmeriana, C. parviflora
Synonyms C. oöcarpa, C. plocasperma var. mojavensis, C. plocasperma var. stricta
Name authority S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 33. (1871)
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