Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-02-002:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
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Boerhaavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Boerhavia erecta
COMMON NAME:
Erect Spiderling
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Keith Bradley kab_b_erecta_77394
September Miami-Dade County FL
Lucille Hammock Preserve
Flowers without calyx-like involucres, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-02-002:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
-
Boerhaavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Boerhavia erecta
3914
Forb
Annual
Native to Florida & possibly GA; introduced in the Carolinas
Habitat: Sandy fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, railroad yards, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Calyx white to pink, petaloid
Bisexual
5-lobed campanulate-to-rotate, petaloid calyx
Petals absent
Inferior ovary
Flowers in dichasial panicles
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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