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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Cypress Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Tithymalus cyparissias
COMMON NAME:
Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ticy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090318_015
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090318_022
March Greenville County SC
Found in dense masses in waste areas, especially in old cemeteries, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090318_035
March Greenville County SC
Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090318_037
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s050421_b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow s050421_b1
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502b
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502c
May Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Tithymalus cyparissias
1935
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Roadbanks, graveyards, waste places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare or waifs in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Glands yellowish
Cyathium with 4 glands
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Reddish-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p408
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p312
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p093
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