Nyctaginaceae
Scarlet spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- البورهافية الكوتشينية
- Chinese
- 紅花黃細心, 红细心
- dag
- Jaŋ kunon nyuli
- English
- Scarlet spiderling
Synonyms
- Boerhavia agglutinans Batt. & Trab.
- Boerhavia bracteata T.Cooke
- Boerhavia caribaea Jacq.
- Boerhavia coccinea f. parcehirsuta Heimerl
- Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Moscoso
- Boerhavia diandra Aubl.
- Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin
- Boerhavia diffusa var. hirsuta Heimerl
- Boerhavia diffusa var. hirta Balle
- Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis (R.Br.) Heimerl
- Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Heimerl
- Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin
- Boerhavia ixodes Standl.
- Boerhavia marlothii Heimerl
- Boerhavia nantocana Schauer
- Boerhavia reboudiana Pomel
- Boerhavia repens subsp. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Maire
- Boerhavia repens var. undulata Asch. & Schweinf.
- Boerhavia repens var. viscosa Choisy
- Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr.
- Boerhavia viscosa f. oligadena Heimerl
- Boerhavia viscosa subsp. apiculata Standl.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to November (from 841 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lsf, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Guillaume Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: salvo.stira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jörg Spörle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.