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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. Beeplant often grows in very noticeable large colonies. Capers are the pickled flower buds of a member of Capparaceae (Caper Family). Linnaeus named this genus in 1753 and William Jackson Hooker named the species in the mid-1800s. "Peritoma" is from the Greek for "cut around" and apparently refers to the circular splitting of the calyx base. The word "Cleome" was used by Theophrastus several thousand years ago for Mustard-like plants. "Lutea" is Latin for "yellow". |
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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. |
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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. |
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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. The pincushion appearance (exserted stamens) of the flower is unusual, characteristic, and attractive. |
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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. Mature plants grow to a gangly four feet tall and wide. |
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Peritoma lutea. Synonym: Cleome
lutea. (Yellow Bee Plant) Semi-desert,
foothills, montane. Woodlands, openings. Spring, summer. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
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Range map for Peritoma lutea |