| Scientific Name | Boerhaavia purpurascens | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Four O'Clock ( Nyctaginaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 3-5 petal-like sepals
Upright, rough-hairy annual with much branched stem. Branches covered with brown glands and sticky hairs. Flowers up to 5 mm. 3-5 color sepals without true petals. Stamens 2-3 exserted. Flowers in dense clusters at ends of branched stems. Leaves to 3 cm long and 2 cm wide, opposite, slender stalked. Triangular blade with top bright green to somewhat purplish. Under surface pale, brown dotted. Individual flowers are not that impressive, but may be striking when masse together as a group. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 343 | |||||||||||||
May - November
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