Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH Tithymalus cyparissias
COMMON NAME:
Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ticy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090318_015
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090318_022
March Greenville County SC
Found in dense masses in waste areas, especially in old cemeteries, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090318_035
March Greenville County SC
Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090318_037
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050421_b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow s050421_b1
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery