Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Brassicales > Cleomaceae > Cleomella > Cleomella serrulata

Cleomella serrulata (Rocky Mountain beeplant; bee spiderflower)

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Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  70 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  High
Seeds Per [1]  64000 / lb (141096 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  A black dye is obtained; It is used as a paint for decorating pottery; The young plants are harvested in mid-summer, boiled well in water, the woody parts of the plant are removed and the decoction is boiled again until it becomes thick and turns black. This thick liquid is then poured onto a board to dry in cakes and can be kept for an indefinite period. When needed it is soaked in hot water until the correct consistency for paint is achieved; A decoction of the leaves has been used as a body and shoe deodorant;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Red
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 12 Low Temperature: 50 F° (10 C°) → 55 F° (12.8 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
View Plants For A Future Record : Cleomella serrulata

Protected Areas

Predators

Pontia protodice (Checkered White)[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Bombus melanopygus (orange-rumped bumblebee)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0