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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia bombensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Southern Seaside Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce bombensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia bombensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-016:
Euphorbia ammannioides FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce ingallsii
COMMON NAME:
Southern Seaside Spurge, Dixie Sandmat
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Keith Bradley kab_e_bombensis_6306
January Brevard County FL
Canaveral National Seashore
Leaves longer than wide, often fleshy. Stipules lacerate, seemingly 4 per node, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_bombensis_6324
January Brevard County FL
Canaveral National Seashore
Prefers foredune rear (E. polygonifolia prefers foredune front or upper beach), per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia bombensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce bombensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia bombensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-016:
Euphorbia ammannioides
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce ingallsii
3937
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Open sands of dunes, dune blowouts and overwashes, often growing with perennial grasses such as Uniola paniculata, but preferring open sands with little competition, sometimes mixed with the more common E. polygonifolia. Johnson (1992) contrasted the habitat of this species with that of the closely similar E. polygonifolia; E. bombensis preferring areas behind the foredune, while E. polygonifolia preferring the pioneer situation on the upper beach and foredune front, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands white (very small)
Cyathium
Unisexual
One cyathium per leaf axil
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p494
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p047
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