Boerhavia erecta L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Nyctaginaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Boerhavia erecta L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Stem erect or ascending, branched; leaves ovate to deltoid-ovate, sometimes inequilateral, 2-8 cm. long, apiculate, repand or undulate, acute to cordate at the base, minutely black-dotted on the lower whitish surface, the petioles usually about one half as long as the blades or longer; peduncles filiform; flowers 2-6 in a cluster; calyx white to purple, its tube glabrous, the limb campanulate, 1-1.5 mm. long, sparingly pubescent; stamens exserted; fruit obpyramidal, 3.5-4 mm. long, 5-angled, the grooves transversely wrinkled, the top flat.

  • Distribution

    Waste grounds. New Providence : southern United States : Bermuda : New Mexico and California to Peru and Brazil ; the West Indies. Smooth Hog-weed.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| New Mexico United States of America North America| California United States of America North America| Peru South America| Brazil South America| West Indies|