Index / Search / Boerhavia erecta
§1 Plant
Boerhavia erecta L.
vernacular erect spiderling — species · Nyctaginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Boerhavia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 95 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 95 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BOER ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3086281 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T05:45:41Z