1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
1.2 Type
Herbs, Vegetable
Herbaceous Perennial
1.3 Origin
South America, Argentina, Brazil
Northwestern United States, California, Canada
1.4 Types
Skunk weed, Navajo spinach
Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
foothill woods, open Woodlands, Prairies, Roadsides
Cultivated Beds
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
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, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Upright/Erect
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
120.00 cm38.10 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
120.00 cm20.30 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
White
Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Small elliptic
Oblanceolate , Ovate
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
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
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
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
Requires regular watering
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
Slightly Acidic
4.5.2 Soil Type
Sandy, Well drained
Sandy
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Sandy, Well drained
Not Applicable
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
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Insects, Leaf spot
Not Available
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
Butterflies
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
Not Available
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for insects, Shelter for wildlife
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Fever
Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod
6.2.3 Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Making deodorants, Used as a dye, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Used as a dye
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Herb
Not Available
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
CLEOME hassleriana 'Helen Campbell'
Matthiola incana
7.2 Common Name
Cleome, Spider Flower
Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower
7.2.1 In Hindi
Cleome serrulata
gillyflower
7.2.2 In German
Cleome serrulata
Garten-Levkoje
7.2.3 In French
Cleome serrulata
Gillyflower
7.2.4 In Spanish
serrulata cleome
Gillyflower
7.2.5 In Greek
Cleome serrulata
Gillyflower
7.2.6 In Portuguese
serrulata Cleome
Matthiola incana
7.2.7 In Polish
cleome serrulata
Gillyflower
7.2.8 In Latin
Cleome serrulata
Matthiola incana
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Polemonioideae
8.10 Number of Species