Boerhavia wrightii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Boerhavia |
| Species: | B. wrightii
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| Boerhavia wrightii | |
Boerhavia wrightii is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common name largebract spiderling. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows amongst desert shrubs. This is an annual herb producing a slender, spidery erect stem to about 70 centimeters in maximum length. The leaves are lance-shaped to oblong with rippled edges and roughly pointed ends. Most of the leaves grow near the base of the plant. The inflorescences appear at the ends of the slim stem branches. They bear a few pale pink flowers, each just a few millimeters long, with adjacent reddish or pinkish bracts.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Flora of North America
- Photo galleryError: "Q4937215" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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Categories:
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Boerhavia
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
- Caryophyllales stubs