Boerhavia linearifoliaA.Gray

narrowleaf spiderling

WFO wfo-0000567995 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. a Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-14 / obs. 128891245
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. b Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122453152
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. c Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99844030
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by samlutfy
fig. d samlutfy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73094190
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. e Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53160614
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. f Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12535052
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. g Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 16121510
Boerhavia linearifolia, photographed by Craig Hensley
fig. h Craig Hensley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102201950

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Boerhavia linearifolia is native: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas Mexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNew MexicoTexas
Native distribution of Boerhavia linearifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Boerhavia lindheimeri Standl.
  • Boerhavia linearifolia subsp. glandulosa Standl.
  • Boerhavia linearifolia var. glabrata A.Gray
  • Boerhavia tenuifolia A.Gray
  • Boerhavia tenuifolia A.Gray ex J.M.Coult.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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