Climbing Wortclub
Boerhavia scandens
The week stems of this perennial are usually supported by those of woodier, larger shrubs. Syn: Commicarpus scandens.
PERENNIAL HERB: A plant that cannot stand on its own. Stems are woody
towards base and may extend up to two meters as they ascend up through another
shrub that offers support and some shade.
FRUIT: Fruits do indeed resemble miniature clubs coated with sticky
droplets and arranged in an umbell.
RANGE: Uncommon to common from 700 m up to 1500 m on boulder strewn
slopes in the Upper Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Sonora.
LEAVES: Elyptic to heart-shaped.
FLOWERS: Small, whitish-yellow or tinged green.
UNARMED.