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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Maroon Sandhills Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia exserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-012:
Euphorbia gracilior FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis exserta
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Maroon Sandhills Spurge, Coastal Sand Spurge, Purple Sandhill-spurge
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Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Leaves slightly fleshy, somewhat blue-green, glabrous; branching primarily opposite, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeexcerta_laurensb
Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Leaves with a very narrow, slightly red-hyaline but not thickened, margin, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeexcerta_laurensc
Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Cyathia and capsules maroon; petaloid appendages maroon-red, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia exserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-012:
Euphorbia gracilior
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis exserta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis gracilis
2447
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in loamier and slightly moister sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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 opposite, usually some alternate on upper branches
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Cyathia maroon, petaloid appendages of glands maroon-red
Cyathium with 5 glands
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p180
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p053
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