Nyctaginaceae
Slender spiderling
Boerhavia triquetra
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender spiderling
Flowers
- In flower
- August to December (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: laiet17, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kate Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.