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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 graminea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia graminea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Euphorbia graminea

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

Euphorbia graminea

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Spurge, ‘Diamond Frost’, ‘Frosted Flakes’


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image of Euphorbia graminea, Grassleaf Spurge, ‘Diamond Frost’, ‘Frosted Flakes’

Keith Bradley    kab_e_graminea_06908

March    Miami-Dade County    FL

Cyathia have white petaloid appendages; capsules exserted, glabrous, ~2x3mm, per Euphorbia graminea (Euphorbiaceae), New to the Bahamas (Vincent, 2013).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia graminea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3669

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Landscaped areas, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Petaloid appendages of glands white
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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