Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl.
A large, sprawling, Boerhavia-like species found from southeastern Arizona to western & far southern Texas. The obscurely ten-ribbed fruits readily distinguish this from the clearly five-ribbed Boerhavia. In New Mexico it is quite uncommon.
An inflorescence at Owl Canyon on the southwestern side of the Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, 24 Aug 2008.
Flowers along Brown Canyon Road on the east side of the Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, 27 Apr 2008.
Side view of a flower along Brown Canyon Road, 27 Apr 2008.
Inflorescences along Brown Canyon Road, 27 Apr 2008.
A cauline leaf along Brown Canyon Road, 27 Apr 2008.