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Boerhavia Anisophylla
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Diffusa
''Boerhaavia diffusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae, four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda), red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine. It is taken in herbal medicine for pain relief and other uses. The leaves of ''Boerhaavia diffusa'' are often used as a green vegetable in many parts of India. Description ''Boerhaavia diffusa'' is widely dispersed, occurring throughout India, the Pacific, and southern United States. Flowers are small, around 5 mm in diameter. Pollens are round, roughly 65 microns in diameter. This wide range is explained by its small fruit, which are very sticky and grow a few inches off the ground, ideally placed to latch on to small migratory birds as they walk by. Habit A creeping, perennial, much-branched herb with stout fusi form roots. Stem Branches divaricate, stem purplish, thickened at nodes. Leaves Opposite, oblique, ovate or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Anisophylla
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Purpurascens
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Pterocarpa
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Megaptera
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Mathisiana
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Linearifolia
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Intermedia
''Boerhavia intermedia'' is a species of spiderling plant known by the common name five-wing spiderling. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the common weed ''Boerhavia erecta''. This spiderling is a fairly widespread annual herb of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is somewhat variable in appearance, but in general it is loosely clumping, raising erect stems up to half a metre in height. It has lance-shaped, wavy-margined leaves and bears a branching inflorescence of clustered or singular flowers, each pale pink flower only one or two millimetres across. The clustered fruits that appear afterwards are tiny club-shaped, ridged achenes less than 3 mm long. This is a hardy plant, growing in arid, rocky, or disturbed areas, and often showing up as a roadside weed. External links Calflora Database: ''Boerhavia triquetra'' var. ''intermedia'' (Fivewing spiderling)— ''formerly Boerhavia intermedia''.Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Boerhavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Herbstii
''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Taxonomy There are over 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'', which is in the family Nyctaginaceae, which includes the four o'clock flower. The genus was named for the Dutch botanist Herman Boerhaave, and often misspelt as "Boerhaavia". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. Description Some species are annuals and others perennials. In habit they generally are herbaceous. "Spiderling" refers to the appearance of those species that bear inflorescences on numerous long, slender stems, interlocking in a manner suggestive of a spider or spider's web. ''Boerhavia'' species generally are native to warm tropical regions. Significance Several species of ''Boerhavia'' are of importance as agricultural and horticultural weeds. Some are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Gracillima
''Boerhavia gracillima,'' the slimstalk spiderling, is a plant species native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... It prefers dry, rocky areas such as grasslands, desert scrub, roadsides and pinyon-juniper woodlands. ''Boerhavia gracillima'' is a perennial herb, often woody at the base. Stems are trailing to erect, with many branches. Leaves are mostly on the lower half of the plant, getting smaller further up. Flowers are red, clustered in the axils of the leaves or at the tips of the stems, each flower up to 4.5 mm (0.2 inches) long.Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15733837 gracillima Flora of Ari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Elegans
''Boerhavia elegans'' is a species of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. It is one of the species that compose the "tortoise turf", the food source of the Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. References External links ''Boerhavia elegans''at the International Plant Names Index, International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ''Boerhavia elegans'' at Tropicos Boerhavia, elegans Plants described in 1849 Flora of Seychelles Nyctaginaceae Taxa named by Jacques Denys Choisy {{Caryophyllales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boerhavia Dominii
''Boerhavia dominii'', commonly known as tarvine, is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family. It is native to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... It is a prostrate perennial herb growing up to 1 metre in diameter. Leaves are about 40 mm long and 20 mm wide and may have a wavy edge. It produces pale pink or pale purple flowers followed by small, hairy, furrowed fruits. References dominii Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (Australia) Eudicots of Western Australia {{Caryophyllales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
