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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about White Sandhills Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia curtisii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-011:
Euphorbia curtisii FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis curtisii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis eriogonoides
COMMON NAME:
White Sandhills Spurge, Curtis's Spurge
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Will Stuart wil_8456697600_3e0b5f3be2
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii1a
May Richmond County NC
Lower leaves are reduced and bractlike; upper leaves linear to lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii1ab
May Richmond County NC
Flowers grow on long stalks at branch ends and from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii3
July Richmond County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia curtisii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-011:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis curtisii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis eriogonoides
3562
Forb
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry open areas, such as hardpan woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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 (typically opposite or 3-whorled below inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white or pale pink
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p204
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p053
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