Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cleome aculeata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded7 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Merged from a synonym record

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 3: 232 (1768)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Prickly spiderflower	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Maximum height	55 cm	55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	false · Merged from a synonym record (Cleome potosina) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445, 882	Sourced

Cleome aculeata L., 1768 16% complete

Prickly spiderflower

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