Valeriana latifoliaM.Martens & Galeotti [family VALERIANACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Boerhavia erectaL. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Meyer F. G., 1948
Related name
Boerhavia intermedia
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia diffusa
Valeriana latifolia
Boerhavia polymorpha
Boerhavia punarnava
Boerhavia erecta
Boerhavia hirsuta
Boerhavia punctata
Valeriana indet.
Boerhavia paniculata
Common name
Erect spiderling, Flora of North America Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for BOERHAVIA erecta L. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BOERHAVIA erectaL. [family NYCTAGINACEAE], (1753). Fig. 91 E.
Information
Erect or ascending annual or short-lived perennial; lower parts thinly puberulous, upper parts glabrous. Petiole 1–3.5(–4) cm long; leaf-blade broadly lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–4.5(–8) x 1.5–2.5(–6.5) cm, rounded to subcordate at the base, subacute at the apex. Flowers in erect, diffuse terminal panicles up to 30 x 20 cm; all bracts very small; ultimate unit of inflorescence a pedunculate 3–6-flowered umbel, often with solitary flower inserted on peduncle; pedicels up to 2.5 mm long in fruit. Perianth-limb white to pale pink, c. 1–1.5 mm long. Stamens 2–3. Anthocarp obconical, sharply 5-sided/5-ribbed with subtruncate tip, 3–3.5 mm long, glabrous.
Range
C2; S1–3 widespread tropical weed probably originating in the New World.
