Boerhavia coulteri

Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Boerhavia coulteri is a California native annual herb found in desert and southern California regions in dry, open habitats. Flowering from September to November, this plant produces delicate pink to pale pink flowers less than 2 millimeters long in spike-like racemes. Growing with decumbent to erect stems up to 80 centimeters tall and covered in fine puberulent hairs, it has a distinctive spreading habit. Its leaves are lanceolate to ovate-triangular with slightly acute tips, typically arranged along the stems. The fruit is narrow and wrinkled, featuring five prominent wide ribs with a rounded to truncate tip.

Bloom period: Sep-Nov

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