Flowers; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2014 © Christina Niegl
Flower buds and ripening fruits; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2014 © Christina Niegl
Infructescence; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2014 © Christina Niegl
Upper surface of leaf; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2014 © Christina Niegl
Habit; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2014 © Christina Niegl
Identifier: 2204 Date of entry: 25.03.2014 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Nyctaginaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Boerhavia (2)
Epithet: diffusa L. (3)
diffusa => spread about, wildly or loosely spreading
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, red
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