Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Summer Spurge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
2916
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon
Look for it in sandhills, 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
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white
Unisexual
Cyathium with 5 glands
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!