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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Cleomaceae |
| Genus: | Cleomella |
| Species: | C. angustifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Cleomella angustifolia | |
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Cleomella mexicana Torr. 1828, Illegitimate, non DC. 1824. | |
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.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Cleomella angustifolia". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ 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.