OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:

Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galarhoeus cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Tithymalus cyparissias

 

COMMON NAME:
Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge


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image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ticy_001_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm090318_015

March    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm090318_022

March    Greenville County    SC

Found in dense masses in waste areas, especially in old cemeteries, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm090318_035

March    Greenville County    SC

Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm090318_037

March    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504n_20

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

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JK Marlow    jkm0504n_20b

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    s050421_b

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    s050421_b1

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm190519_8502

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm190519_8502b

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Euphorbia cyparissias, Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm190519_8502c

May    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Tithymalus cyparissias

 

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1935

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Roadbanks, graveyards, waste places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (rare or waifs in Coastal Plain)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Glands yellowish
Cyathium with 4 glands
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Reddish-brown
Capsule

 

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