| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleomaceae | Arivela | ![]() (c) box, renjus - CC-BY | |||
| Cleomaceae | Arivela viscosa var. viscosa | Wild Caia, Yellow Cleome | Disturbed areas. | 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. | ![]() (c) box, renjus - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Cleomaceae | Cleome Family | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Cleomaceae | Cleome | Cleome, Spiderflower | ![]() (c) ramazan_murtazaliev - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Cleomaceae | Cleome ornithopodioides | Bird Spiderflower | Railroad yards, chrome or vanadium ore piles, roadsides, waif or rarely persistent (as in MD on chrome ore piles). | Native of Mediterranean se. Europe and w. Asia. Reported for w. KY, e. MD, w. PA, n. OH. | ![]() (c) ramazan_murtazaliev - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cleomaceae | Cleomella | Stinkweed | ![]() (c) Hansen, Jeff D - CC-BY | ||
| Cleomaceae | Cleomella angustifolia | Northern Stinkweed, Narrowleaf Rhombo-pod, Eastern Cleomella | Stream- and river-bottoms, sandy prairies, other grasslands. | NE, ID, and CA south to TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico. | ![]() (c) Hansen, Jeff D - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Cleomella serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Guaco | Prairies, eastwards weedy in disturbed sites. | MB and BC south to MO, TX, CA, and Mexico. | ![]() (c) Gobble, Darrin - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Cleoserrata | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith | |||
| Cleomaceae | Cleoserrata serrata | Disturbed areas. | Native of tropical America. Reported as introduced in GA (Kartesz 1999). | ![]() (c) Søndergaard, Skjold - CC-BY | |
| Cleomaceae | Cleoserrata speciosa | Vacant lots, disturbed areas. | Native of Mexico. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith | |
| Cleomaceae | Gynandropsis | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith | |||
| Cleomaceae | Gynandropsis gynandra | Spiderwisp, Cat’s-whiskers | Fields, disturbed areas. | Native of Africa. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia | Clammyweed | ![]() (c) Keim, Mary - CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia dodecandra ssp. dodecandra | Clammyweed, Spiderweed | Sandy or gravelly floodplains and reservoir shores, also introduced on railroad ballast. | VT west to MB, south to MD, w. VA, TN, AR, and OK. | ![]() (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia dodecandra ssp. riograndensis | Scrub, chaparral, disturbed areas. | S. TX. | ![]() (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY | |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandy and gravelly soils of prairies; eastwards adventive in disturbed areas. | ON west to AB, south to w. LA, TX, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico (CHH, SIN, SON). | ![]() (c) Campos, Aidan | |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia erosa ssp. breviglandulosa | Sand plains. | Endemic to s. TX. | ||
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia erosa ssp. erosa | Sandhill Clammy-weed | Sandhills, dry prairies. | Sw. AR and OK south to w. LA and e. and sc. TX. | ![]() (c) Hill, Sonnia |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia jamesii | James's-weed | Sandy prairies. | WI, MN, and SD south to IL, TX, and NM. | ![]() (c) Kieschnick, Sam - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Polanisia tenuifolia | Slenderleaf Clammyweed, Pineland Catchfly | Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, pine rocklands. | E. GA (several counties from the SC border) (Jones & Coile 1988) south to s. FL, west to s. MS. | ![]() (c) Keim, Mary - CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cleomaceae | Sieruela | ![]() (c) Uys, Wynand - CC-BY | |||
| Cleomaceae | Sieruela monophylla | Spindlepod | Agricultural fields. | Native of Africa. Reported for GA (Zomlefer et al. 2018). | ![]() (c) Uys, Wynand - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Sieruela rutidosperma | Disturbed areas. | Native of tropical Asia and Africa. Reported for SC by Tucker 2010g). | ![]() (c) box, renjus - CC-BY | |
| Cleomaceae | Tarenaya | Spiderflower | ![]() (c) Станислав - CC-BY-NC | ||
| Cleomaceae | Tarenaya aculeata | Prickly Spiderflower | Disturbed areas. | Native of tropical America (Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and South America). Reported for AL. Reported for York County, SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]). | ![]() (c) aacocucci - CC-BY |
| Cleomaceae | Tarenaya diffusa | On ballast (Mobile, AL). | Native of South America (e. Brazil). | ||
| Cleomaceae | Tarenaya houtteana | Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen | Gardens, disturbed areas, sandbars, riverbanks, persistent and self-seeding from cultivation as an ornamental. | Native of e. South America (mainly Brazil). | ![]() (c) Finzel, Brian - CC-BY-SA |
| Cleomaceae | Tarenaya spinosa | Spiny Spiderflower | Disturbed areas. | Native of Mexico, central America, the West Indies and n. South America. | ![]() (c) Hincapie, Daniel - CC-BY |




















