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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Spider Flower
  • Spider Legs
  • Grandfather's Whiskers
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tarenaya houtteana
  • Synonym: Cleome hassleriana
  • Synonym: Tarenaya hassleriana

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-09-13

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2017-07-04

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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piksihk On January 10, 2019 Seeds sown
found old seeds 2008, tossed with violet queen; front bed WG
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