Boerhavia gardneri Hewson

Perennial, prostrate, spreading to 2 m diam., glandular-hairy; hairs usually a dense mixture of type 1 and type 2 hairs, usually predominantly type 2; stems branching almost at right angles. Leaves ovate or elliptic, often broadly so; lamina to 4 cm long; margins irregular, undulate; petiole 0–1.5 cm long. Inflorescence a terminal, erect, repeatedly branched, diffuse cyme; basic inflorescence unit usually a solitary flower, sometimes a few-flowered glomerule; pedicels slender, 1–15 mm long, glabrous or sparsely glandular-hairy. Perianth glandular below, glabrous, trumpet-shaped above, c. 3 mm long, pink. Stamens 3–6; anthers slightly exserted. Style not exceeding anthers. Fruit fusiform, 3–4 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, somewhat glandular-hairy; ribs 5, mucous; furrows narrow.

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical places in Australia. It grows in sand, clay or stony soil. It can be on coastal sand dunes.