Cleomella brevipes is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common name shortstalk stinkweed.

It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent hills, where it grows in wet alkaline environments such as mineral-rich desert hot springs.

It is an annual herb producing a rough, waxy, red stem up to about 45 centimeters tall.

The stem is lined with many small fleshy leaves, each divided into three leaflets.

The fruit is a somewhat rounded, hanging capsule developing at the end of the remaining flower receptacle.