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*Arivela viscosa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque var. viscosa . Common name: Wild Caia, Yellow Cleome. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Australasia (now pantropical). Reported for sc. GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009; Jones & Coile 1988), se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), and from Beaufort County, SC (J. Nelson, pers.comm. 2006). Reported from chrome ore piles in Newport News (Reed 1959); presumably a waif.

Origin/Endemic status: Australia or New Zealand

Taxonomy Comments: Our material is the widely weedy A. viscosa var. viscosa.

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. — FNA7, Saunders et al (2024); = Cleome viscosa L. — Fl4, POWO, WH3, Iltis (1960); = Corynandra viscosa (L.) Cochrane & Iltis ssp. viscosa — Cochrane & Iltis (2014); = n/a — C, Pa, RAB; < Corynandra viscosa (L.) Cochrane & Iltis — K4. Basionym: Cleome viscosa L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Arivela viscosa - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)

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