Boerhavia gracillima

Slimstalk spiderling
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Genus:	Boerhavia
Species:	B. gracillima
Binomial name
	Boerhavia gracillima; Heimerl
Synonyms
	Boerhavia gracillima subsp. decalvata Heimerl ex Standl.; Boerhavia organensis Standl.;

Boerhavia gracillima, the slimstalk spiderling, is a plant species native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. It prefers dry, rocky areas such as grasslands, desert scrub, roadsides and pinyon-juniper woodlands.^[4]^[5]

Boerhavia gracillima is a perennial herb, often woody at the base. Stems are trailing to erect, with many branches. Leaves are mostly on the lower half of the plant, getting smaller further up. Flowers are red, clustered in the axils of the leaves or at the tips of the stems, each flower up to 4.5 mm (0.2 inches) long.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ Tropicos
^ The Plant List
^ Flora of North America v 4 p 21.
^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
^ Heimerl, Anton. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 11(1): 86–87, pl. 2, f. 1. 1889.
^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.