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|accepted_name=Polanisia uniglandulosa
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=1: 242. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|common_names=Mexican clammyweed
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cleome uniglandulosa
|authority=Cavanilles
|publication_title=Icon.
|publication_place=4: 3, plate 306. 1797
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polanisia dodecandra subsp. uniglandulosa
|authority=(Cavanilles) H. H. Iltis
}}
|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Polanisia;Polanisia uniglandulosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Polanisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Polanisia uniglandulosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 201
|treatment_page=page 204
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 40–80 cm. <b>Stems</b> sparsely or profusely branched; hairs stalked, glandular throughout. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole green to purple, angled, 1.5–4.5(–6) cm, (glandular); leaflet blade broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–4 × 1–2 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces sparsely glandular. <b>Racemes</b> 5–20 cm (10–30 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, ovate, 8–12 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–25(–40) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals purple, oblong, 3–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm, margins entire, apex acuminate, glandular; petals white, narrowly spatulate, clawed, abaxial pair 10–20 × 2–3(–5) mm, apex emarginate to lacerate, adaxial pair 15–30 × 3–5 mm, apex emarginate; nectary glands bright orange, not conspicuous (in fruit); stamens 20–27, exserted, purple, 20–50 mm; anthers purple, 1–1.3 mm; gynophore 0–2 mm in fruit; ovary 5–10 mm; style deciduous in fruit, 20–40 mm; stigma purple. <b>Capsules</b> (somewhat inflated), 60–100 × 7–10 mm, reticulate, glandular. <b>Seeds</b> 20–65, dark reddish brown, globose to oblong, 1.5–2 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Pinyon, juniper, and oak woodlands, arroyos, riverbeds, roadsides, pastures
|elevation=300-800 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Polanisia uniglandulosa</i> is the only perennial species of the genus, notable for its large, showy, white petals and silky-iridescent seed testa.</p>
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name=Polanisia uniglandulosa
|author=
|authority=(Cavanilles) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Polanisia dodecandra subsp. uniglandulosa
|basionyms=Cleome uniglandulosa
|family=Cleomaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Pinyon, juniper, and oak woodlands, arroyos, riverbeds, roadsides, pastures
|elevation=300-800 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1824
|special status=
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|genus=Polanisia
|species=Polanisia uniglandulosa
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