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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euphorbia discoidalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis discoidalis
COMMON NAME:
Summer Spurge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euphorbia discoidalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis discoidalis
2916
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia & possibly South Carolina
Common in GA Coastal Plain
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white
Unisexual
Cyathium with 5 glands
FRUIT:
Capsule
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