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|accepted_name=Boerhavia linearifolia
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 15: 322. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Boerhavia lindheimeri
|authority=Standley
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Boerhavia tenuifolia
|authority=A. Gray ex J. M. Coulter
}}
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Boerhavia;Boerhavia linearifolia
|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 linearifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 18
|treatment_page=page 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb texture"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, sometimes slightly woody at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="taproot length or size;taproot architecture or shape;taproot texture">taproot long, ropelike, ± woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem growth form or orientation;stem architecture;stem atypical some measurement;stem some measurement;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;hair arrangement;hair pubescence;hair pubescence;hair pubescence;hair pubescence;hair pubescence;hair pubescence"><b>Stems </b>usually erect or ascending, occasionally decumbent, sparingly branched throughout, 2–5 (–9) dm, hirsute, puberulent, or glandular basally, hair types often mixed, glandular-puberulent, glabrous, or occasionally puberulent and sparsely hispid distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>mostly in basal 2/3 of plant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface coloration or relief;abaxial surface coloration;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface coloration or relief;patch size;cell coloration;cell coloration;cell coloration;cell coloration;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape or vernation;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">larger leaves with petiole 1–5 mm, blade lanceolate to linear, rarely ovate, 15–35 × 1–15 mm (distal leaves usually longer, narrower), adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hispid, occasionally glandular-pubescent, sometimes punctate, abaxial surface usually paler than adaxial, glabrous or sparsely hispid, occasionally glandular-pubescent, usually punctate with small patches of large gray to dark-brown cells, base obtuse, truncate, or rounded, margins entire and revolute, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse or rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence shape;inflorescence size or quantity;inflorescence size or quantity;inflorescence size or quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, forked ca. 2–4 times unequally, open, without sticky internodal bands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="branch orientation">branches strongly ascending, terminating in loose, 1–few-flowered, cymose clusters.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel atypical some measurement;pedicel some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> pedicel 1–2 (–5) mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract shape;bract shape;bract shape;bract some measurement;base duration;base count">bracts at base of perianth persistent, 3, lanceolate to ovate-acuminate, 1–2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth shape;perianth some measurement">perianth purplish-pink, widely funnelform beyond constriction, 4–7 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen atypical count;stamen count;stamen position">stamens 5 (–6), well exserted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit atypical count;fruit count;l/w arrangement;l/w coloration;l/w shape;l/w length;l/w width;apex shape;apex pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>borne singly (or 2–3 in open clusters), dark gray-brown, oblong-clavate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.2–1.5 mm (l/w: (1.7–) 2.1–3.5), apex round, usually glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit atypical count;fruit count;fruit shape;fruit architecture or pubescence or relief;rib arrangement;rib coloration;rib shape;rib length;rib width;edge shape">ribs (4–) 5, broadly rounded, smooth, edges sharp and slightly overhanging sulcus;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="l/w arrangement;l/w coloration;l/w shape;l/w length;l/w width">sulci about as wide as base of ribs, smooth, not papillate (very rarely minutely and sparsely puberulent).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="base architecture or pubescence or relief;base relief;2n chromosome count">2n = ca. 52.</span><!--

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|habitat=Open, calcareous soils or rock in arid grasslands or shrublands
|elevation=400-1700 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|discussion=<p>Boerhavia linearifolia has been reported from Alabama, but no documenting specimen has been seen.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Boerhavia linearifolia
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Boerhavia lindheimeri;Boerhavia tenuifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|habitat=Open, calcareous soils or rock in arid grasslands or shrublands
|elevation=400-1700 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
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|genus=Boerhavia
|species=Boerhavia linearifolia
|2n chromosome count=52
|abaxial surface coloration=usually paler
|abaxial surface coloration or relief=punctate
|abaxial surface pubescence=glandular-pubescent;hispid;glabrous
|adaxial surface coloration or relief=punctate
|adaxial surface pubescence=glandular-pubescent;hispid;glabrous
|apex pubescence=glabrous
|apex shape=round;rounded;obtuse;acute
|base architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|base count=3
|base duration=persistent
|base relief=not papillate
|base shape=rounded;truncate;rounded;truncate;obtuse
|blade length=15mm;35mm
|blade shape=ovate;lanceolate;linear
|blade width=1mm;15mm
|bract shape=lanceolate;ovate-acuminate
|bract some measurement=1mm;2mm
|branch orientation=ascending
|cell coloration=gray;dark-brown
|edge shape=sharp
|fruit architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|fruit atypical count=4;5
|fruit count=5;2.1;3.5
|fruit shape=rounded
|hair arrangement=mixed
|hair pubescence=hispid;puberulent;glabrous;puberulent;glabrous;glandular-puberulent
|herb duration=perennial
|herb texture=woody
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence shape=forked
|inflorescence size or quantity=2-4 times open without sticky internodal bands;2-4 times open without sticky internodal bands;2-4 times open without sticky internodal bands
|l/w arrangement=singly;singly
|l/w coloration=dark gray-brown;dark gray-brown
|l/w length=2.5mm;3.5mm
|l/w shape=oblong-clavate;oblong-clavate
|l/w width=1.2mm;1.5mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape or vernation=revolute
|patch size=small
|pedicel atypical some measurement=2mm;5mm
|pedicel some measurement=1mm;2mm
|perianth coloration=purplish-pink
|perianth shape=funnelform
|perianth some measurement=4mm;7mm
|petiole some measurement=1mm;5mm
|rib arrangement=singly
|rib coloration=dark gray-brown
|rib length=2.5mm;3.5mm
|rib shape=oblong-clavate
|rib width=1.2mm;1.5mm
|stamen atypical count=5;6
|stamen count=5
|stamen position=exserted
|stem architecture=branched
|stem atypical some measurement=5dm;9dm
|stem growth form or orientation=decumbent
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem pubescence=glandular;puberulent;glandular;puberulent;hirsute
|stem some measurement=2dm;5dm
|taproot architecture or shape=ropelike
|taproot length or size=long
|taproot texture=woody
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