Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia hypericifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce hypericifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia hypericifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce hypericifolia
COMMON NAME:
graceful sandmat
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Keith Bradley kab_e_hypericifolia_07201
March Miami-Dade County FL
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia hypericifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce hypericifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia hypericifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce hypericifolia
3888
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Gardens, landscaped beds, cracks in parking lot and sidewalk pavements, other disturbed upland areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Texas? The boundary between native and adventive distribution is uncerta
Rare
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Cyathium
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
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