Nyctaginaceae
Red spiderling
Boerhavia diffusa
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Afrikaans
- Rooikleefbossie
- Arabic
- حثرة منتشرة
- arz
- حثره منتشره
- Bhojpuri
- गजपुरना, गदहपुरना, पुनर्नवा
- Burmese
- ပရန္နဝါ
- Chinese
- 黄细心, 沙参, 老来青, 黄寿丹
- English
- Red spiderling, Punarnava, Spreading hogweed, Tarvine
- Estonian
- Laiuv ämblikrohi, Commicarpus africanus
- Hindi
- पुनर्नवा
- Igbo
- Punarnava, Red spiderling, Spreading hogweed, Tarvine
- Indonesian
- Daun cakaran
- Japanese
- ナハカノコソウ
- Kannada
- ಕೊಮ್ಮೆ ಗಿಡ
- Malayalam
- തഴുതാമ, തമിഴാമ, പുനർനവ, ശോതാഗ്നി
- Marathi
- पुनर्नवा, घेटुळी
- Odia
- ପୁରୁଣି
- Punjabi
- ਇੱਟਸਿੱਟ
- Sanskrit
- पुनर्नवा, अश्वत्थः
- sg
- Lênzë
- Tamil
- மூக்கரட்டி சாரை
- Telugu
- అటికమామిడి
Synonyms
- Axia cochinchinensis Lour.
- Boerhavia adscendens Willd.
- Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.
- Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl
- Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl.
- Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso
- Boerhavia diffusa var. diffusa
- Boerhavia diffusa var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams
- Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis (R.Br.) Heimerl
- Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze
- Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy
- Boerhavia friesii Heimerl
- Boerhavia paniculata Rich.
- Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl
- Boerhavia paniculata f. leiocarpa Heimerl
- Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi
- Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl
- Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl
- Boerhavia paniculata var. subacuta Choisy
- Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.
- Boerhavia xerophila Domin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Riana Fourie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neha.Vindhya, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ahmed Khalil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rahul Mungikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anonyme973, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Moises Sousa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anonyme973, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vivek Kumar, 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.