OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boerhavia erecta   FAMILY Nyctaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Boerhavia erecta, Erect Spiderling, Smooth Hogweed

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: