Slender Spiderling
(Boerhavia triquetra)
Description
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.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Nyctaginaceae
Genus:Boerhavia
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