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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spotted Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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
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_chma15_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_chma15_002_lvd
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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.
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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.
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Roxanna Martin rlm73110_172
July Spartanburg County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm090814_001
August Greenville County SC
Often found in crevices in pavement or sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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
2282
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in gardens, fields, disturbed places, crevices in pavement or sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
Unisexual
Cyathium
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p432
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p211
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p047
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p193
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p093