Boerhavia coccinea
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Plant Description: Perennial or annuals with prostrate or reclining stems to 120 cm or longer, sometimes glandular. Stems sometimes reddish Leaves 1.5-4 cm long, ovate or roundish, opposite. Flowers in radial clusters; calyxes red, corollas absent. Perianth 1-2 mm long, red-purple.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent on various soils in pastures, woods, and waste places and along roads.
Bloom Period: April-December
Plant Use: Can become a garden pest.
Key to the species of Boerhavia:
- Perianth red-purple……………………………………………………………………………………..2
Perianth of other color……………………………………………………………………………….3
2. Perianth 1-2 mm long……………………………………………………………….B. coccinea
Perianth 4-6 mm long…………………………………………………………B. mathesiana
3. Perianth lavender or whitish………………………………………………………..B. erecta
Perianth greenish yellow………………………………………………………....B. scandens
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