prickly spiderflower
- kingdom: Plantae
- phylum: Tracheophyta
- class: Magnoliopsida
- order: Brassicales
- family: Cleomaceae
- genus: Hemiscola
- species: Hemiscola aculeata
Uruçuca
Bahia- Piranhas
Goiás- Aquidauana
Mato Grosso do Sul- Tucuruí
Pará- Guapimirim
Rio de Janeiro- Vilhena
Rondônia- Boa Vista
Roraima
Brazil
Roseau
Saint George- Portsmouth
Saint John
Dominica
Cayenne- Iracoubo
- Mana
- Rémire-Montjoly
Guyane
French Guiana
Buchanan
Grand Bassa
Liberia
Playa Vicente
Veracruz
Mexico
Bilwi
Atlántico Norte (RAAN)
Nicaragua
San Bernardino
Cordillera
Paraguay