Red Whiskered Clammy Weed
Polanisia dodecandra
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Not native
Not native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 41%
- Height
- 1–2 feet
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to average

At a glance
- Life cycle
- Annual
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 29 animals.
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Widespread birds also seen here (30)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Robin
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- Yellow-breasted Chat
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Flower color
- White
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “1–2 feet” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Life cycle · “Annual” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- primary_flower_color · “white” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Conservation status
| West Virginia rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| WV status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- NatureServe Explorer
- West Virginia occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications





