Tarenaya hassleriana

Family:CLEOMACEAE
Species:Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis
Common Name:Common spider flower; pink queen
Habitat:Disturbed sites.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Common Spider Flower is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Caper family (Cleomaceae). It is native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. In Alabama it is often cultivated and can be found as an escape statewide. Common Spider Flower occurs around old home sites, in fields, on roadside, and in other sunny, disturbed habitats. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are 1-4 feet in height, sparsely branched, green in color, and glandular pubescent. Leaves are spirally arranged, petiolate, palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets, and with small spines on the stipules at the base of the petiole. The leaflets are elliptic to oblanceolate in outline, serrate, and glandular pubescent. All parts of the plant have a fetid scent when crushed. Flowers are produced in terminal racemes. Each flower is subtended by a leaf-like bract. Flowers are rotate with 4 green sepals and 4 pink or purple oblong petals. The petals often fade to white with age. Each flower has 6 long purple stamens. The fruit is a capsule. This species has gone by the name Cleome hassleriana in the past, and the name “Cleome” is still sometimes used as a common name for the species. Common Spider Flower is cultivated as a warm season annual in Alabama with numerous cultivars available. Plants prefer a sunny location with a moist but well-draining soil. They will often re-seed in the garden.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCLEOMACEAE - Caper family
Genus Tarenaya
Species Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis - Common spider flower; pink queen

Citation

Citation Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis, Novon 17(4): 450. 2007.
Basionym: Cleome hassleriana Chodat 1898.
Type: PARAGUAY: Near Apa, May, Hassler 162 (holotype: G?).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cleome hassleriana Cleome hassleriana Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(app. 1): 12. 1898  
Cleome houtteana    
Cleome spinosa    
Neocleome spinosa    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Calhoun, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Cullman, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Marengo, Marion, Mobile, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Walker, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1878

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
JSU119310 Jackson 12 Jul 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
2110
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
JSU119307 Calhoun 5 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11833
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AMAL00006213 Pike 20 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12558
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
TROY000017514 Dale 19 Jul 2000 Martin, Brian H.
782
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_22644 Lee 4 Oct 1971 Harper, Douglas
005
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
UWAL0013364 Washington 27 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3818
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_23711 Baldwin 2 Jul 1971 Guthrie, C.D.
060
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
JSU119313 Jefferson 7 Nov 1984 Bussey, Melanie G.
1105
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_19486 Coffee 25 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
404-69
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
JSU119312 Jefferson 15 Aug 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
961
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_17650 Marengo 19 Jul 1969 Simonds, E.P.
040
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AUA000038525 Cullman 2 Sep 1909 Wolf, Wolfgang
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AMAL00020645 Jefferson 20 Sep 2000 Threlkeld, Steven J.
1322
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AMAL00010218 Jefferson 15 Aug 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
961
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
UNA00012124 Autauga s.d. Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Cleome hassleriana Chod.
AUA_ACC_17649 Coffee 27 Jul 1969 Owens, James R.
082
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AUA_ACC_59448 Pike 28 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11558
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AMAL00006214 Walker 12 Jul 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10294
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AMAL00011898 Randolph 28 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christoper F.
4149
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_20029 Sumter 18 Jun 1970 Moore, Harold D.
089
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AUA_ACC_41739 Randolph 26 Jun 1973 Spencer, S.K.
046
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
UWAL0031822 Conecuh 27 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25575
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_37674 Escambia 6 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
719
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AMAL00006211 Calhoun 26 Jun 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6347
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
JSU119309 Etowah 3 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3461
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
UNA00012125 Walker 13 Aug 1878 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Cleome hassleriana Chod.
UWAL0005452 Escambia 06 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
718
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AMAL00020644 Marengo 10 Oct 2002 Horne, Howard E.
948
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
UWAL0008367 Marion 13 Aug 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2403
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AMAL00011899 Randolph 28 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christoper F.
4149
AMAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
AUA_ACC_20611 Marengo 19 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
331-69
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
JSU119311 Jefferson 15 Aug 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
961
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
USAM000003425 Mobile 13 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7347.1
USAM
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
ALNHS00005890 Shelby 19 Jul 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4100
ALNHS
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
TROY000017515 Dale 17 Jul 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
901
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis
UNA00058295 Walker 12 Jul 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10294
UNA
Cleome hassleriana Chod.
JSU119314 Talladega 13 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3250
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
TROY000039464 Elmore 07 Jul 2011 Pullen, Robert
89
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
TROY000043443 Washington 27 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3818
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
UWAL0008366 Lawrence 26 Jun 2005 England, J. Kevin
429
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
ALNHS00003584 Blount 1 Sep 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2000
ALNHS
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
AUA_ACC_66724 Clarke 31 Jul 2002 Schotz, Alfred
1880
AUA
Tarenaya Hassleriana (Chod.) Iltis
UWAL0052376 Lauderdale 08 Aug 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10400
UWAL
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis
JSU119308 Etowah 5 Aug 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4304
JSU
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
TROY000017516 Pike 20 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12558
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis
TROY000041862 Conecuh 27 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25575
TROY
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H.H. Iltis
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