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|accepted_name=Gynandropsis gynandra
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Briquet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève
|place=17: 382. 1914
|year=1914
}}
|common_names=Cat’s-whiskers
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cleome gynandra
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 671. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleome heterotricha
|authority=Burchell
|rank=species
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|name=Cleome pentaphylla
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gynandropsis heterotricha
|authority=(Burchell) de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gynandropsis pentaphylla
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Gynandropsis;Gynandropsis gynandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gynandropsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gynandropsis gynandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 223
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(50–)90–150 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3.5–4.5(–8) cm, glandular-pubescent; leaflet blade oblanceolate to rhombic, 2.5–4.5 × 1.2–2.5 cm, margins serrulate-denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrate to glandular-pubescent. <b>Racemes</b> 5–20 cm (10–40 cm in fruit); bracts trifoliate, 10–25 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> purple, 8–15 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals green, lanceolate, 3.5–5 × 0.8–1.2 mm, glandular-pubescent; petals purple or white, oblong to ovate, 7–14 × 3–4 mm; stamens purple, 8–30 mm; anthers 1–2 mm; gynophore purple, 10–14 mm in fruit; ovary 6–10 mm; style 1–1.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 45–95 × 3–4 mm, glandular-pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown to black, 1.4–1.6 × 1–1.2 mm, rugose to tuberculate. <b>2n</b> = 34, 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–late summer.
|habitat=Disturbed roadsides, vacant lots, waste areas, railroads
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Old World tropics;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>The C4 photosynthetic pathway has been reported from <i>Gynandropsis gynandra</i> (S. K. Imbamba and L. T. Tieszen 1977). This species is sometimes grown as an ornamental. B. S. Barton (1836, p. 317) provided a detailed and accurate illustration of the flower, obviously drawn from life; this indicates that the species was cultivated (perhaps escaped) in Pennsylvania at that time. In some tropical countries, it is cultivated as a potherb (K. Waithaka and Chweya 1991; J. A. Chweya and N. A. Mnzava 1997). It is also used medicinally. The fresh plant has a peculiar odor that is sometimes described as similar to burning <i>Cannabis</i>.</p>
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name=Gynandropsis gynandra
|authority=(Linnaeus) Briquet
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cleome heterotricha;Cleome pentaphylla;Gynandropsis heterotricha;Gynandropsis pentaphylla
|basionyms=Cleome gynandra
|family=Cleomaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–late summer.
|habitat=Disturbed roadsides, vacant lots, waste areas, railroads
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Old World tropics;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève
|publication year=1914
|special status=
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|genus=Gynandropsis
|species=Gynandropsis gynandra
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