Boerhavia triquetra

Boerhavia triquetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Boerhavia
Species: B. triquetra
Binomial name
Boerhavia triquetra
S.Watson

Boerhavia triquetra (creeping sticky stem, slender spiderling, spiderling) is an annual desert plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae). It is found in the deserts of California and western North America.

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