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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Toothed Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia dentata
(?) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
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:
Painted Leaf, Wild Poinsettia, Green Poinsettia, Toothed Spurge
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_dentata_2044c
October Catawba County NC
Stems and leaves pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia dentata
(?)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia dentata var. dentata
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
Habitat: Bottomland forests, disturbed areas, hedgerows, thickets, railroad cinders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (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, or the upper sometimes alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bracteal leaves usually whitish, pinkish or reddish, toward the base
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p468
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p047
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p195
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