Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus
(No common name)


Family: Nyctaginaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Boerhavia erecta is an inconspicuous, annual spiderling. The anthocarps (fruits) are glabrous, unlike some other annual Boerhavias that have glandular hairs on the fruits. The peduncles (branches to the flowers and fruits) are glabrous, without hairs or glands. The fruits themselves have 5 ribs and are widest away from the attachment of the peduncles. The last part of the inflorescence is nearly but not perfectly an umbel. Boerhavia erecta is found on dry lower elevation sand banks along seasonal creeks in the Gila.
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Boerhavia erecta, photo Russ Kleinman, Cole Hadden & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, September 19, 2017



Boerhavia erecta, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Cole Hadden & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, September 19, 2017



Boerhavia erecta, sub-umbellate terminal portion of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Cole Hadden & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, September 19, 2017



Boerhavia erecta, sub-umbellate terminal portion of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Cole Hadden & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, September 19, 2017



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