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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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="taproot shape;taproot texture;taproot texture">taproot tapered, soft or ± woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture"><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.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>mostly in basal 1/2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface coloration;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;surface coloration or relief;cell coloration;base shape;margin shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">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.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence size or quantity;inflorescence size or quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, branched ca. 1–4 times unequally, without sticky internodal bands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="branch orientation;branch arrangement;flower architecture or arrangement;flower architecture or shape;flower architecture or shape;axis some measurement">branches strongly ascending, terminating in compact, capitate or subcapitate flower clusters, axis 0–2.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> pedicel 0.8–2.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract shape;bract some measurement;base duration;base quantity;apex architecture or shape">bracts at base of perianth persistent, 1–3, ovate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm, apex apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth some measurement">perianth whitish to pale-pink, funnelform beyond constriction, 2.5–4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens 3–4 (–5), well exserted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit quantity;fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width;apex shape;apex shape;apex pubescence"><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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="rib quantity;rib shape;rib architecture or pubescence or relief">ribs 5, acute, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sulcus width;sulcus relief;sulcus relief">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);Mexico (Sonora)
|discussion=<p>The inclusion of Boerhavia purpurascens in recent Texas floras is based upon misidentified Mirabilis species (C. F. Reed 1969).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Boerhavia purpurascens
|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);Mexico (Sonora)
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
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|genus=Boerhavia
|species=Boerhavia purpurascens
|abaxial surface coloration=noticeably to prominently paler
|abaxial surface pubescence=glandular-pubescent;glabrate
|adaxial surface pubescence=glandular-pubescent;puberulent;glabrate
|apex architecture or shape=apiculate
|apex pubescence=glabrous
|apex shape=obtuse;round;round;obtuse;round;obtuse;acute
|axis some measurement=0mm;2.5mm
|base duration=persistent
|base quantity=1;3
|base shape=round;obtuse
|blade length=12mm;37mm
|blade shape=lanceolate;oblong;lanceolate;oblong;ovate;oval
|blade width=5mm;20mm
|bract shape=ovate;obovate
|bract some measurement=2.5mm;4mm
|branch arrangement=cluster
|branch orientation=ascending
|cell coloration=dark
|flower architecture or arrangement=compact
|flower architecture or shape=subcapitate;capitate
|fruit coloration=straw colored;grayish tan
|fruit length=2.3mm;3mm
|fruit quantity=3;9
|fruit shape=obovoid
|fruit width=1.3mm;1.7mm
|inflorescence architecture=branched
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence size or quantity=1-4 times without sticky internodal bands;1-4 times without sticky internodal bands
|margin shape=sinuate;sinuate-crisped
|pedicel some measurement=0.8mm;2.5mm
|perianth coloration=whitish;pale-pink
|perianth some measurement=2.5mm;4mm
|petiole some measurement=2mm;22mm
|rib architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|rib quantity=5
|rib shape=acute
|stamen atypical quantity=4;5
|stamen position=exserted
|stamen quantity=3;4
|stem architecture=unbranched
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|sulcus relief=papillate;rugose
|sulcus width=2-2.5 times as wide as base
|surface coloration or relief=punctate
|taproot shape=tapered
|taproot texture=woody;soft
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
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