Boerhavia intermedia
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Boerhavia intermedia is a species of spiderling plant
known by the common name five-wing spiderling. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the common weed Boerhavia erecta. This spiderling is a fairly widespread annual herb of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is somewhat variable in appearance, but in general it is loosely clumping, raising erect stems up to half a meter in height. It has lance-shaped, wavy-margined leaves and bears a branching inflorescence
of clustered or singular flowers, each pale pink flower only one or two millimeters across. The clustered fruits that appear afterwards are tiny club-shaped, ridged achene
s less than 3 millimeters long. This is a hardy plant, growing in arid, rocky, or disturbed areas, and often showing up as a roadside weed.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia, the spiderlings, is a genus of about 40 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. The common name refers to the appearance of a spider or spider's web given by the numerous long, slender and interlocking stems of the inflorescences...
known by the common name five-wing spiderling. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the common weed Boerhavia erecta. This spiderling is a fairly widespread annual herb of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is somewhat variable in appearance, but in general it is loosely clumping, raising erect stems up to half a meter in height. It has lance-shaped, wavy-margined leaves and bears a branching inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
of clustered or singular flowers, each pale pink flower only one or two millimeters across. The clustered fruits that appear afterwards are tiny club-shaped, ridged achene
Achene
An achene is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate and indehiscent...
s less than 3 millimeters long. This is a hardy plant, growing in arid, rocky, or disturbed areas, and often showing up as a roadside weed.