1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Herbs, Vegetable
Herbs, Perennial
1.3 Origin
South America, Argentina, Brazil
Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America, South America
1.4 Types
Skunk weed, Navajo spinach
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
foothill woods, open Woodlands, Prairies, Roadsides
Mountains
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
120.00 cm25.40 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
120.00 cm30.50 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Light Green, Dark Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Green, Light Green, Dark Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Green, Light Green, Dark Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Small elliptic
Narrow Oblong
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer
Indeterminate
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings, Stem Planting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Medium, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season, Water occasionally
Never Over-water, Requires watering in the growing season, Water Deeply
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Slightly Acidic
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
Sandy, Well drained
Well drained
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Sandy, Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in growing season
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in fall, fertilize in growing season, fertilize in spring, Water soluble fertilizers
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Insects, Leaf spot
Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Flying insects, Not Available
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
no allergic reactions
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
Beautification, Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Improve skin condition
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for insects, Shelter for wildlife
Air purification, Food for insects, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Fever
Diarrhea, Eczema, Indigestion, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, Stomach pain, Weight loss
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
Whole plant
6.2.3 Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Making deodorants, Used as a dye, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Can be made into a herbal tea, Decoration Purposes, Employed in herbal medicine, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
CLEOME hassleriana 'Helen Campbell'
EUPHORBIA hypericifolia
7.2 Common Name
Cleome, Spider Flower
Canchalagua, Hypericum-leaved Spurge, Leche-leche
7.2.1 In Hindi
Cleome serrulata
Canchalagua
7.2.2 In German
Cleome serrulata
Canchalagua
7.2.3 In French
Cleome serrulata
canchalangua
7.2.4 In Spanish
serrulata cleome
canchalagua
7.2.5 In Greek
Cleome serrulata
Canchalagua
7.2.6 In Portuguese
serrulata Cleome
Canchalagua
7.2.7 In Polish
cleome serrulata
Canchalagua
7.2.8 In Latin
Cleome serrulata
Canchalagua
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Spermatophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Dicotyledonae
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Not Available
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species