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Boerhavia triquetra (slender spiderling)

Wikipedia Abstract

Boerhavia triquetra, with the common names creeping sticky stem, slender spiderling, spiderling, is an annual desert plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae). It is native to California and Arizona, in habitats of the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.
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Infraspecies

Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia (Jone's boerhavia) (Attributes)
Boerhavia triquetra var. triquetra

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Euptoieta claudia (Variegated fritillary)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0