Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis

Giant Spider Flower,  Pink Queen

Synonyms: Cleome houtteana, Cleome hassleriana, Cleome sesquiorygalis

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Cleomaceae

Genus: Tarenaya

Species: Tarenaya hassleriana

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FACU

PHOTOS OF Tarenaya hassleriana