[Wildflowers with 4 Petals East of the Cascade Mts.]

The Caper Family East of the Cascade Mts.

Capparidaceae

Cleome platycarpa

Golden Bee Plant

1. Yellow Bee Plant: Cleome lutea - Fruits longer than 10 mm, much longer than wide. Leaves palmately compound. Plants glabrous to slightly hairy. Sepals up to 3 mm long. Flowers yellow. Fruits elongate and linear.

2. Golden Bee Plant: Cleome platycarpa - Fruits longer than 10 mm, much longer than wide. Leaves palmately compound. Plants glandular. Sepals over 3 mm long. Fruits ovate to oblong.

3. Cleomella: Cleomella macbrideana - Fruits less than 7 mm long, as wide or wider than long. Leaves palmately compound, the leaflets less than 3-4 times longer than wide. Flowers yellow.

4. Cleomella: Cleomella plocasperma - Fruits less than 7 mm long, as wide or wider than long. Leaves palmately compound, the leaflets at least 5 times longer than wide. Flowers yellow.


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