Cleomella arborea

Cleomella arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleomella
Species:	C. arborea
Binomial name
	Cleomella arborea; (Nutt.) Roalson & J.C.Hall (2015)
Varieties
	Cleomella arborea var. angustata (Parish) J.C.Hall & Roalson; Cleomella arborea var. arborea; Cleomella arborea var. globosa (Coville) J.C.Hall & Roalson;
Synonyms
	Cleome isomeris Greene (1888); Isomeris arborea Nutt. (1838); Peritoma arborea (Nutt.) Iltis (2007);

Cleomella arborea (synonyms Peritoma arborea, Cleome isomeris, and Isomeris arborea), is a perennial shrub or bush in the spiderflower family (Cleomaceae) known by the common names bladderpod, bladderpod spiderflower and burro-fat. It has yellow flowers in bloom all months of the year. It emits a foul odor to discourage herbivory from insects.

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