Flora of the Southeastern United States

*Tarenaya houtteana (Schlechtendal) Soares Neto & Roalson. Common name: Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, sandbars, riverbanks, persistent and self-seeding from cultivation as an ornamental. Distribution: Native of e. South America (mainly Brazil).

ID notes: The petals in bud are a pale pink to nearly white, they turn a deep pink upon opening late in the day; by morning the petals have once again faded to a pale pink or white.

Origin/Endemic status: South America

Taxonomy Comments: Names based on the epithet "hassleriana" are illegitimate; the basionym of that epithet, Cleome hassleriana Chodat 1898 is predated by the basionym for names based on "spinosa", Cleome spinosa Schlechtendal 1851. This species has been, moreover, been sometimes misidentified as Cleome spinosa Jacquin or Tarenaya spinosa (Jacquin) Rafinesque, which is a different taxon.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Soares Neto et al (2022); = Cleome hasslerana — Pa, nom. illeg. & orthographic variant; = Cleome hassleriana Chodat — Ar, C, Fl4, NcTx, Tx, WH3, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018), nom. illeg.; = Cleome houtteana Schltdl. — POWO, RAB; = Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis — FNA7, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Tn, Va, Iltis & Cochrane (2007), nom. illeg.; = Tarenaya species 1; = Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf., misapplied; >< Cleome spinosa Jacq. — F, G, S13, Tat, misapplied; >< Neocleome spinosa (Jacq.) Small — S, misapplied. Basionym: Cleome houtteana Schltdl. 1851

Links to other floras: = Tarenaya hassleriana - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
• Great Plains: FAC (name change)
• Midwest: FACU (name change)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8