3890

Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Common in GA, rare in SC

Look for it on disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins serrulate, at least at the apex (use 10x magification)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
Cyathium

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Euphorbia hyssopifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae