Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Nyctaginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial by somewhat fleshy roots; stems 2-10 dm. long, slender, branched, procumbent or ascending, usually pubescent, at least below, the branches glabrous or puberulent. Leaves rhombic-ovate to oblong or nearly orbicular, 2-6.5 cm. long, rounded, obtuse or rarely acute at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled, entire or undulate; panicle slender, often 3 dm. long, its branches nearly filiform, glabrous or puberulent; flowers reddish, 2 mm. broad, nearly sessile in small glomerules of 2-several; fruit obovoid, 2.5-4 mm. long, 5-grooved, glandular.
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Distribution
Roadsides and waste places. North Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Great Guana Cay, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Fortune Island and Inagua : Florida : West Indies; Mexico through Central America to northern South America; tropical Africa. Viscid Hog-weed.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Central America|