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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boerhavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boerhavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-02-002:
Boerhavia erecta FAMILY Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boerhaavia erecta
COMMON NAME:
Erect Spiderling, Smooth Hogweed
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boerhavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Boerhavia erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-02-002:
Boerhavia erecta
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boerhaavia erecta
3914
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Sandy fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, railroad yards, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida & possibly GA; introduced in the Carolinas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Calyx white to pink, petaloid
5-lobed campanulate-to-rotate, petaloid calyx
Petals absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in dichasial panicles
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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