Cleomella refracta explained

Cleomella refracta, common names jackass clover or spectacle fruit, is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family, Cleomaceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, particularly Chihuahua, Sonora, trans-Pecos Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California (Riverside, Kern and San Bernardino Counties).^[1] The species occurs in sandy flats, desert scrub and disturbed sites such as roadsides.^[2]

Cleomella refracta is an annual herb up to 200round=0.5NaNround=0.5 tall. Leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets ovate (egg-shaped), up to 5round=0.5NaNround=0.5 long. Its flowers are yellow.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Wislizenia+refracta+ssp.+refracta&one=T Calflora Taxon Report
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220014333 Flora of North America v 7 p 214
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876362#page/99/mode/1up Wislizenus, Friedrich (Frederick) Adolph. Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 99. 1848.
4. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
5. Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
6. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
7. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.