Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

scarlet spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea

Spanish: hierba de la hormiga

Boerhavia coccinea is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family which is known by many common names, including scarlet spiderling, red boerhavia, hogweed, and in Spanish, hierba del cancer and hierba de la hormiga.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae

Local records10 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records11,043 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2021 – 2024

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2024-12-27 — observation by zihuadean
2024-04-19 — observation by daniel_brito
2023-06-25 — observation by zihuadean
2022-12-24 — observation by zihuadean
2022-10-24 — observation by zihuadean
2022-02-02 — observation by zihuadean

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Plants guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “scarlet spiderling (Boerhavia coccinea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/boerhavia-coccinea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.