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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968) erroneously called this E. maculata. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-019:
Euphorbia maculata FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia preslii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
COMMON NAME:
Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chpr9_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_251
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JK Marlow jkm120727_842
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves usually with a purple spot in the center, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_844
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm72209_097
July Spartanburg County SC
A somewhat larger, more upright plant than Chamaesyce maculata, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140822_892
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3841
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Roxanna Martin rlm82010_64
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82210_18b
August Spartanburg County SC
Petaloid appendages of glands conspicuous, white or rarely pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_19
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm91309_001
September Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-019:
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia preslii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
562
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Fields, gardens, waste places, flood-scoured shores and bars, disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands pinkish with white margins
Cyathium
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blackish
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p211
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p181
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p193
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