3913

Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia (possibly introduced in NC)

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in vacant lots, road shoulders, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-red to reddish-pink or nearly white
Bisexual
5-lobed campanulate-to-rotate, petaloid calyx
Petals absent
Inferior ovary
Flowers in dichasial panicles

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boerhavia diffusa   FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia diffusa   FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boerhavia diffusa