Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eyebane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-019:
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia preslii
COMMON NAME:
Eyebane, Nodding 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_chpr9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120727_842
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves usually with a purple spot in the center, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120727_844
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm72209_097
July Spartanburg County SC
A somewhat larger, more upright plant than Chamaesyce maculata, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_892
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3841
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Roxanna Martin rlm82010_64
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82210_18b
August Spartanburg County SC
Petaloid appendages of glands conspicuous, white or rarely pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_19
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm91309_001
September Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-019:
Euphorbia maculata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia preslii
562
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in fields, gardens, waste places, disturbed ground, 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
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands pinkish with white margins
Unisexual
Cyathium
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blackish
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p211
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p193