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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Euphorbia maculata is one of several prostrate, mat-forming species. The "E. maculata" in the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968) is an erect species mostly now named as E. nutans. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_253
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (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
2282
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Gardens, fields, disturbed places, crevices in pavement or sidewalks, 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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands small, whitish or pinkish
Cyathium
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p432
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p211
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p047
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p181
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p193
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p093
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