Cleome Flower Smells Like Weed. Purslane is a succulent with stems that are thick and round at the base of the plant. Cleome or Spider flower leaves reportedly look and smell a lot like cannabis.
Identifying characteristics are the compound leaves with seven leaflets the long petioles leaf stalks the way that the individual flowers are held tightly furled around the flower head and the long stamens visible on the older flowers lower down on the head. Better known as cleome spider flower not only smells like weed but has a similar appearance. Spurflower Plectranthus neochilus medicinal plant of.
Purslane is a succulent with stems that are thick and round at the base of the plant.
This is more typical for the darker flowers. Like marijuana leaves spider flower plants grow wide leaflets that begin smaller near the stem. They do smell a bit skunky dont they. I had it in my car for an hour while I ran errands after purchasing at a farmers market and when I returned I couldnt believe the odor.