PLANTS Profile for Boerhavia erecta (erect spiderling)

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PLANTS Profile

Boerhavia erecta L.
erect spiderling

Symbol:

BOER

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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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).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:24 PM CST