Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cleome spinosa
pata de vaca, barba de galán, jazmin del rio, spiny spiderflower, prickly spider-flower
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Capparales
Family
Cleomaceae
Genus
Cleome
Species
spinosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cleome pubescens Sims
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cleome spinosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1953. Accessed 3 April 2026.