Nyctaginaceae
Erect spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 直立黃細心, 直立黄细心, 西沙黄细心
- English
- Erect spiderling
- Telugu
- అడవి మామెన, అటకమామిడి
Synonyms
- Boerhavia elongata Salisb.
- Boerhavia erecta f. subepunctata Heimerl
- Boerhavia erecta subsp. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl.
- Boerhavia erecta var. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl.
- Boerhavia paniculata subsp. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl.
- Boerhavia thornberi M.E.Jones
- Valeriana latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abdul Hanif Arromy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.