Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Spanish: golondrina

Boerhavia erecta, commonly known as the erect spiderling or the erect boerhavia, is one of more than 100 species in the genus Boerhavia L. Boerhavia erecta is native to the United States, Mexico, Central America and western South America, but now is cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical regions. In Africa its distribution extends from West Africa, eastwards to Somalia and down to South Africa. It has recently been found in parts of Madagascar and Réunion. In...

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 records4,674 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2021 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-01-11 — observation by zihuadean
2025-07-16 — observation by javiperezsoza
2024-08-06 — observation by chasemathey
2023-06-25 — observation by zihuadean
2022-08-06 — observation by sergioescutia
2022-01-29 — observation by zihuadean

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Cite as: “Erect spiderling (Boerhavia erecta) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/boerhavia-erecta/, 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.