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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Toothed Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-001:
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poinsettia dentata
COMMON NAME:
Toothed Spurge, Green Poinsettia, Wild Poinsettia, Painted Leaf
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_pode7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140814_611
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves mostly paired and not marked or blotched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140814_613
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140814_616
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Principal stem leaves opposite, dentate, not lobed nor linear, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140814_627
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140814_628
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140922_844
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_dentata_2
September
Bracteal leaves usually whitish, pinkish or reddish, toward the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_dentata_3
September
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_dentata_2042
October Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_dentata_2043
October Catawba County NC
Leaves elliptic to ovate, irregularly serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_dentata_2044b
October Catawba County NC
Capsule 3-locular, each locule 1-seeded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_dentata_2044c
October Catawba County NC
Stems and leaves pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-001:
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poinsettia dentata
3577
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native: western North America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in disturbed areas, hedgerows, thickets, railroad cinders, 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
Opposite, or the upper sometimes alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bracteal leaves usually whitish, pinkish or reddish, toward the base
Unisexual
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p468
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p047
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p195