Cleome angustifolia, known as golden cleome, yellow cleome or yellow mouse whiskers,[3] is an African species of plant in the Cleomaceae family.

It is common along roadsides and in disturbed areas and is eaten as vegetable locally.

[3] Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål described C. angustifolia in 1775.

[1][4] It is one of three species in genus Cleome (the others being C. gynandra and C. oxalidea) that independently acquired the C4 pathway of carbon fixation.

A species close to C. angustifolia, Cleome paradoxa, is C3–C4 intermediate.