General Plant Information (Edit)
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: Kamala, Hockley, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-07-30
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
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