Boerhavia triquetra

Species of flowering plant

Boerhavia triquetra
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

External links

  • Calflora Database: Boerhavia triquetra (Creeping sticky stem, Slender spiderling)
Taxon identifiers
Boerhavia triquetra