Arivela viscosa

(Linnaeus) Rafinesque

Sylva Tellur., 110. 1838.

Common names: Wild mustard tickweed yellow cleome
Basionym: Cleome viscosa Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 672. 1753
Synonyms: Polanisia icosandra (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott Polanisia microphylla Eichler Polanisia viscosa (Linnaeus) de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 222. Mentioned on page 200.

Plants (10–) 30–100 (–160) cm. Stems viscid. Leaves: petiole 1.5–4.5 (–8) cm, glandular-hirsute; leaflet blade ovate to oblanceolate-elliptic, (0.6–) 2–6 × 0.5–3.5 cm, margins entire and glandular-ciliate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular-hirsute. Racemes 5–10 cm (10–15 cm in fruit); bracts (often deciduous), trifoliate, 10–25 mm, glandular-hirsute. Pedicels 6–30 mm, glandular-hirsute. Flowers: sepals green, lanceolate, 5–10 × 0.8–1.2 mm, glandular-hirsute; petals arranged in adaxial semicircle before anthesis, radially arranged at anthesis, bright-yellow, sometimes purple basally, oblong to ovate, 7–14 × 3–4 mm; stamens dimorphic, 4–10 adaxial ones much shorter with swelling proximal to anthers, green, 5–9 mm; anthers 1.4–3 mm; ovary 6–10 mm, densely glandular; style 1–1.2 mm. Capsules dehiscing only partway from apex to base, 30–100 × 2–4 mm, glandular-hirsute. Seeds light-brown, 1.2–1.8 × 1–1.2 mm, finely ridged transversely. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Disturbed roadsides, vacant lots, citrus groves, railroads, ballasts
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Ga., La., N.J., Pa., S.C., s, se Asia, Africa, also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Arivela viscosa seeds have a high oil content (26%), are rich in linoleic acid, and are eaten in India. The leaves and seeds have been used medicinally in Asia (southern China, Guam, India) for the eyes and intestines, and as a poultice for headaches and rheumatism (R. N. Chopra et al. 1986; N. D. Mandahar 2002). Records from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are based on non-persistent ballast plants from the late 1800s.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Arivela viscosa"
conical +  and discoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
acute +  and obtuse +
Gordon C. Tucker +
(Linnaeus) Rafinesque +
Cleome viscosa +
serrulate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-hirsute +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
partway +  and dehiscing +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
glandular-hirsute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Wild mustard +, tickweed +  and yellow cleome +
Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, N.J. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, s +, se Asia +, Africa +, also in Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0-50 m +
adnate +  and free +
glandular-hirsute +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
elongate +
Disturbed roadsides, vacant lots, citrus groves, railroads, ballasts +
sessile +  and stalked +
axillary +  and terminal +
arranged +  and alternate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
5 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
glandular-ciliate +
1-carpellate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular-hirsute +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
bright-yellow +
distinct +
7mm;14mm +
oblong +  and ovate +
unequal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
glandular-hirsute +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
tricolporate +  and binucleate +
Sylva Tellur., +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
not arillate +
light-brown +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
glandular-hirsute +
lanceolate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
glandular-hirsute +
deciduous +  and caducous +
scale-like +, thread-like +  and 3-8-palmatifid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
glandular-hirsute +
Polanisia icosandra +, Polanisia microphylla +  and Polanisia viscosa +
Arivela viscosa +
species +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (160 cm1,600 mm <br />1.6 m <br />) +