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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Euphorbia lathyris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-008:

Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Euphorbia lathyrus

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

Galarhoeus lathyrus

 

COMMON NAME:
Caper Spurge, Myrtle Spurge, Mole Plant


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image of Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge, Myrtle Spurge, Mole Plant

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tila3_001_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge, Myrtle Spurge, Mole Plant

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_e_lathyrus2_jfchile

November        Chile

Stem leaves are pointed and lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge, Myrtle Spurge, Mole Plant

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_e_lathyrus2_jfchileb

November        Chile

Bracteal leaves similar to stem leaves but shorter, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia lathyris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-008:
Euphorbia lathyris   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia lathyrus

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3275

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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