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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Carolina Ipecac at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-010:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia arundelana
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Ipecac, Wild Ipecac, American Ipecac
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_tiar2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tiip_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130406_803
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Above-ground stems smooth, dichotomously branched. Leaves linear to round, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm130406_863
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Plant with a deep long taproot, only the tips of its stems above gound, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm130406_863b
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Petaloid appendages of glands narrowly bordered with yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0565
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
A general aspect of prostrate plants with no main aboveground stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0567
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
Plants often look very different from one another, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0581
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
Flowers on long stalks from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_045
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-010:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia arundelana
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae
2562
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry, barren sands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
Petaloid appendages of glands narrowly bordered with yellow or red
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual
Flowers on long stalks from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p225
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p291
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p467
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p159
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p138
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p180
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p111
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