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Boerhavia triquetra
Also called Creeping Sticky Stem
Boerhavia triquetra is a small, loosely clumping annual herb of the four o'clock family, native to the deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. It grows quickly from seed in arid, rocky or disturbed ground and suits hot, dry, sunny conditions with very little water.
Boerhavia triquetra, commonly known as creeping sticky stem, five-wing spiderling, slender spiderling, or spiderling, is an annual species of spiderling plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae).
This species is a fairly widespread in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is native to California and Arizona, in habitats of the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.
Scarlet spiderling · Coulter's spiderling · Red spiderling · Tah Vine · Boerhavia elegans · Erect spiderling · Slimstalk spiderling · Largebract spiderling · Spiderling
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boerhavia triquetra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
