View source for Boerhavia purpurascens

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|accepted_name=Boerhavia purpurascens
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 15: 321. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Boerhavia;Boerhavia purpurascens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Boerhavia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Boerhavia purpurascens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 18
|treatment_page=page 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual; taproot tapered, soft or ± woody. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, unbranched when small to branched ca. 1–5 times throughout, 10–60 dm, minutely puberulent to glandular-pubescent basally, usually glandular-pubescent, sometimes minutely puberulent or glabrous distally. <b>Leaves</b> mostly in basal 1/2; larger leaves with petiole 2–22 mm, blade oval, ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 12–37 × 5–20 mm (distal leaves smaller, proportionately narrower), adaxial surface glabrate, sparsely puberulent, sometimes glandular-pubescent, abaxial surface not noticeably to prominently paler than adaxial, glabrate or occasionally glandular-pubescent, both surfaces usually punctate with dark cells, base round to obtuse, margins sinuate to sinuate-crisped, apex acute, obtuse, or round. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, branched ca. 1–4 times unequally, without sticky internodal bands; branches strongly ascending, terminating in compact, capitate or subcapitate flower clusters, axis 0–2.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicel 0.8–2.5 mm; bracts at base of perianth persistent, 1–3, ovate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm, apex apiculate; perianth whitish to pale pink, funnelform beyond constriction, 2.5–4 mm; stamens 3–4(–5), well exserted. <b>Fruits</b> 3–9 per cluster, straw colored to grayish tan, broadly obovoid, 2.3–3 × 1.3–1.7 mm (l/w: 1.6–2.1), apex round or broadly obtuse, glabrous; ribs 5, acute, smooth; sulci 2–2.5 times as wide as base of ribs, not or shallowly rugose, lightly papillate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer.
|habitat=Sandy soils in open arid grasslands, among open shrubs or oaks, pinyon pines, juniper [thornscrub]
|elevation=[200-]1300-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>The inclusion of <i>Boerhavia purpurascens</i> in recent Texas floras is based upon misidentified <i>Mirabilis</i> species (C. F. Reed 1969).</p>
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name=Boerhavia purpurascens
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer.
|habitat=Sandy soils in open arid grasslands, among open shrubs or oaks, pinyon pines, juniper [thornscrub]
|elevation=[200-]1300-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
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|genus=Boerhavia
|species=Boerhavia purpurascens
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