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Cleome platycarpa
Golden-yellow sphere of six-petaled flowers with projecting stamens, gives the flower "a starburst look". Leaves: three palmate leaflets on long stem.
Dry open steppe land. Alkaline, volcanic soils. Eastern Oregon and northeast California. This sighting at the northwestern edge of its range.
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument; Painted Hills Unit.
Spotted on May 25, 2019
Submitted on Apr 13, 2020
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