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fringed spider flower

Cleome rutidosperma

Description:

Native to tropical Africa, Cleome rutidosperma is a small, fairly inconspicuous wildflower, or weed, in many locales (see link in Notes).

Habitat:

Observed growing on a fallow garden in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weediden...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Fringed Spider Flower
Cleome rutidosperma Cleome rutidosperma - Fringed Spider Flower


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3 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Scott try with Macro lens spotting next time.... They are very beautiful flowers....
here you like to read about this tiny flowering plant...
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/sl...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thank you Nuwan for the ID! You always come through :-)

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Jan 19, 2013

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