*Cleome ornithopodioides Linnaeus. Common name: Bird Spiderflower. Habitat: Railroad yards, chrome or vanadium ore piles, roadsides, waif or rarely persistent (as in MD on chrome ore piles). Distribution: Native of Mediterranean se. Europe and w. Asia. Reported for w. KY, e. MD, w. PA, n. OH.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
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Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA7, K4, Thieret & Thompson (1984); = n/a — C, Pa, Tat; > Cleome iberica DC. Basionym: Cleome ornithopodioides L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Cleome ornithopodioides - FNA7
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