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Polanisia dodecandra |
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| Synonym(s) |
Cleome dodecandra; Cleome marshallii |
| Common name |
clammyweed |
| Family |
cleomaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
white |
Wonderful common name, eh? It's a nice enough annual, though. I started them twice from seed; those years, they started blooming already under the grow lights, and continued on at least into early summer. My nicest specimen, however, was a volunteer that appeared unexpectedly a few years later, in a crack between the flagstone path along our swimming pond. A single plant started blooming in early August. I had completely forgotten its name, but re-identified it with help from the online community at GardenWeb's Name That Plant forum.
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| | Seedpods develop from earlier flowers as new ones keep opening at top |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Polanisia dodecandra
- Seed from '10 trade. Baggy 70F (57%G, 5-11d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (78%G, 5-8d)
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