Boerhavia triquetra
Species of flowering plant
Boerhavia triquetra | |
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Conservation status | |
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Genus: | Boerhavia |
Species: | B. triquetra |
Binomial name | |
Boerhavia triquetra S.Watson |
Boerhavia triquetra, with the common names creeping sticky stem, slender spiderling, spiderling, is an annual desert plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae).
It is native to California and Arizona, in habitats of the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
External links
- Calflora Database: Boerhavia triquetra (Creeping sticky stem, Slender spiderling)