Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Boerhavia triquetra (creeping sticky stem, slender spiderling, spiderling) is an annual desert plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae). It is found in the deserts of California and western North America.

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Pink, White

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

1 confirmed and 10 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

White-lined Sphinx Moth

Hyles lineata

Ashmeadiella bigeloviae

California Patch

Chlosyne californica

Dieunomia nevadensis