Cleome oxalidea is a species of plant in the Cleomaceae family and is found in Western Australia.
The annual or ephemeral herb has a rosetted habit and typically grows to a height of 5to. It blooms between January and September producing blue-pink-purple flowers.
It is found in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Goldfields-Esperance and Mid West regions of Western Australia growing in stony sandy-loam alluvium.
The species uses photosynthesis. The pathway in this species evolved independently from the two other Cleome species, C. angustifolia and C. gynandra.[1]