OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia maculata   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce maculata   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Euphorbia maculata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-014:

Euphorbia supina   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Euphorbia maculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chamaesyce maculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat


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image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chma15_001_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_chma15_002_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_253

        

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

Roxanna Martin    rlm72010_43

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Prostrate annual weed often forming flat circular mats, 12-24" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

Roxanna Martin    rlm72010_51

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves have inconspicuous teeth on margins. Stems hairy, often dark red, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

Roxanna Martin    rlm73110_172

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

Roxanna Martin    rlm73110_174

July    Spartanburg County    SC

1-2 cyathia in each leaf axil. Petaloid appendages of glands white or pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

JK Marlow    jkm090814_001

August    Greenville County    SC

Often found in crevices in pavement or sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Euphorbia maculata, Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane, Wartweed, Spotted Sandmat

JK Marlow    jkm120825_007

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Leaves 3-12mm long, about 3x long as wide, usually with a central purple stain, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia maculata   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce maculata   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia maculata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-014:
Euphorbia supina   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia maculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaesyce maculata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2282

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Gardens, fields, disturbed places, crevices in pavement or sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands small, whitish or pinkish
Cyathium
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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