Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia discoidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia discoidalis
INCLUDED WITHIN World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia discoidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis discoidalis
COMMON NAME:
Summer Spurge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia discoidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia discoidalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia discoidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis discoidalis
2916
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, shortleaf pine woodlands in the Interior Highlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & possibly South Carolina
Common in GA Coastal Plain
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
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