Cleomella platycarpa is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family known by the common names golden bee plant and golden spiderflower.

It is native to the western United States from northeastern California to Idaho, including the Modoc Plateau, where it grows on clay and volcanic soils in the sagebrush.

It is an annual herb branching at the base into several erect stems up to about 60 centimetres (24 in) tall.

The stems are green tinted with purple, coated densely in glandular hairs, and lined with many leaves.

[4] The species is similar to Cleomella lutea, but differs in the leaves and capsule shape.