Cleomella obtusifolia is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family.

[4] It is an annual herb producing a rough, hairy stem.

Each flower has generally four hairy green sepals and four yellow petals grouped together on one side of the involucre.

The whiskery yellow stamens protrude up to 1.5 centimeters from the flower.

The fruit is a hairy, valved capsule a few millimeters in length.