3819

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013

 

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal scale-leaves few)
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Glands yellowish, brown
Unisexual
Cyathium with 4 glands

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p251

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia esula var. esula   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia esula var. esula   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Euphorbia esula ssp. esula

INCLUDED WITHIN -
Tithymalus esula