''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 ''Boerhavia erecta'', commonly known as the erect spiderling or the erect boerhavia, is one of more than 100 species in the genus ''Boerhavia'' L. ''Boerhavia erecta'' is native to the United States, Mexico, Central America and western South Ame ...

''. 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 An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

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 ''Boerhavia triquetra'' var. ''intermedia''
— ''formerly Boerhavia intermedia''.
UC CalPhotos gallery of ''Boerhavia triquetra'' var. ''intermedia''

intermedia Intermedia is an art theory term coined in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe various interdisciplinarity art activities that occur between genres, beginning in the 1960s. It was also used by John Brockman to refer to work ...

Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Natural history of the Colorado Desert Natural history of the Mojave Desert Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Caryophyllales-stub