Boerhavia diffusa L.

botanical
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Plants of the Guiana Shield
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Det. Carol L. Kelloff (US) Jun 2017
Guyana, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Kako River, vicinity of Camp 3, ca 21
air kilometers east of Tulameng summit (summit 1534m, N
5°33'27.1", W60°59'34.7").
5° 33' 34"N, 60° 47' 04" W Elev. 490 m.
Riparian forest around established Amerindian camp. Seasonally
flooded, brown sand laterite. Disturbed. Sprawling herb. Entire
plant covered in white trichomes. Inflor/infructescence axillary.
Flowers clustered at tip, in head. Calyx green, corolla yellow.
2 July 2010
K. M. Redden, K. J. Wurdack, S. N. Alexander, C. Perry, C.
Jacobis, D. Hunter, V. Roland and H. Hunter 6833
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
US National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution
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