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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boerhavia diffusa
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia diffusa
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boerhavia diffusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boerhavia diffusa
COMMON NAME:
Red Spiderling, Spreading Hogweed
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Keith Bradley kab_b_diffusa_73714
August Miami-Dade County FL
Inflorescence branches divergent, terminating in clusters of 2-5 flowers, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boerhavia diffusa
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boerhavia diffusa
FAMILY
Nyctaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boerhavia diffusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Boerhavia diffusa
3913
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, vacant lots, road shoulders, other dry disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia (possibly introduced in NC)
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-red to reddish-pink or nearly white
5-lobed campanulate-to-rotate, petaloid calyx
Petals absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in dichasial panicles
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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