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Boerhavia erecta L.
erect spiderling

       
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Boerhavia erecta L.

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Distribution:
Boerhavia erecta L.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TN, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Boerhavia erecta L.

View 17 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 20 species in Boerhavia
 

Classification:
Boerhavia erecta L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus Boerhavia L. – spiderling
Species Boerhavia erecta L. – erect spiderling
 

More Accounts and Images:
Boerhavia erecta L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19671.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
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