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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about White Sandhills Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-011:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Sandhills Spurge, Curtis's Spurge
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Will Stuart wil_8456697600_3e0b5f3be2
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii1a
May Richmond County NC
Lower leaves are reduced and bractlike; upper leaves linear to lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii1ab
May Richmond County NC
Flowers grow on long stalks at branch ends and from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_euphorbia_curtisii3
July Richmond County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-011:
Euphorbia curtisii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
3562
Forb
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
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
Mostly alternate (typically opposite or 3-whorled below inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white or pale pink
Unisexual
Cyathium with 5 glands
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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