''Cleomella'' is a small genus of about ten species of flowering plants. Like their relatives, the

cleome ''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae ge ...

s, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family

Capparaceae The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are '' Capparis'' (about ...

but have recently been moved into a new family,

Cleomaceae The Cleomaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, comprising about 300 species in 10 genera, or about 150 species in 17 genera.Cleomaceae, Zhang Mingli (张明理)1; Gordon C. Tucker2, Harvard.edu/ref> These genera ...

. ''Cleomella'' are annual wildflowers native to the dry and desert regions of western North America. They are similar to cleomes in appearance. They are erect and branching with leaves divided into three leaflets and

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s of yellow flowers with long

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s. ''Cleomella'' species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas. Species include: *'' Cleomella angustifolia'' - narrowleaf rhombopod *'' Cleomella arborea'' - bladderpod *'' Cleomella brevipes'' - shortstalk stinkweed *''

Cleomella hillmanii ''Cleomella'' is a small genus of about ten species of flowering plants. Like their relatives, the cleomes, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family Capparaceae but have recently been moved into a new family, Cleo ...

'' - Hillman's stinkweed *'' Cleomella longipes'' - Chiricahua Mountain stinkweed *'' Cleomella macbrideana'' - MacBride cleomella *'' Cleomella obtusifolia'' - Mojave stinkweed *'' Cleomella palmeriana'' - Rocky Mountain stinkweed *'' Cleomella parviflora'' - slender stinkweed *'' Cleomella plocasperma'' - twisted cleomella

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External links

Jepson Manual Treatment
Brassicales genera {{Brassicales-stub