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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Cleomaceae
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.
rough-seed clammy-weed
Polanisia: from poly for "many" and ansos for "unequal," referring to how this differs from the stamens in Cleome
dodecandra: having twelve stamens
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-20" tall forb, with sticky hairs and unpleasant odor |
| Flower: | white to pinkish, 4-parted, 1/4" long, irregular-shaped with long claws, the side petals longest, stamens much longer than the petals; inflorescence a terminal cluster (raceme) of many, stalked flowers; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | long, pea-like capsule, mostly stalkless, erect, slightly hairy, sticky |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, on stalks about the same length as the leaf blade |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, stream sides; in gravelly, sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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