Patagonia Wildflowers
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red spiderling
Boerhavia diffusa
Boerhavia diffusa
red spiderling Verbena/Four-o'clock
Boerhavia diffusa Nyctaginaceae
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English common names
  •red spiderling
  •spreading hogweed
Spanish common names
  •arete
  •golondrina
  •palo de agua
  •siempreviva
accepted scientific name
  •Boerhavia diffusa L.
rules for finding collection records
  Boerhavia diffusa (288)
family name
  • Nyctaginaceae
Image Author: ©2006 John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Irregularly shaped flowers, Tubular shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color color
Flower size is about 0.2 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (28%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Sand
Riparian
Brush
Wetland
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Meadow
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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