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Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
scarlet spiderling

       
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Photo of Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
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Images:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

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Distribution:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, NC, NM, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 20 species in Boerhavia
 

Classification:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus Boerhavia L. – spiderling
Species Boerhavia coccinea Mill. – scarlet spiderling
 

Introduced Information:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501005.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 

Related Web Sites:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

Arizona: abstract & image of red spiderling (Boerhavia coccinea)

Royal Botanic Garden, Kew: image

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

University of Hawaii: G.D. Carr image

 
 
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