OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce hirta   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Euphorbia hirta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-020:

Euphorbia hirta   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Chamaesyce hirta

 

COMMON NAME:
Pillpod Sandmat, Hairy Spurge


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image of Euphorbia hirta, Pillpod Sandmat, Hairy Spurge

Keith Bradley    kab_euphorbia_hirta_04460

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Euphorbia hirta, Pillpod Sandmat, Hairy Spurge

Keith Bradley    kab_euphorbia_hirta_04466

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaves strictly opposite, oblique or inequilateral at base, margins serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Euphorbia hirta, Pillpod Sandmat, Hairy Spurge

Keith Bradley    kab_euphorbiahirta_04466b

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Cyathia borne in dense conspicuous clusters on peduncles 1cm or longer, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Euphorbia hirta, Pillpod Sandmat, Hairy Spurge

Keith Bradley    kab_euphorbiahirta_04466c

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaves hairy on both surfaces, w a purple spot, base strongly asymmetric, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce hirta   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-020:
Euphorbia hirta   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3951

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Fields, disturbed ground, waste areas, in and around greenhouses, perhaps only adventive in the northern part of our area, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native, its pre-Columbian distribution obscure

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Cyathium
Unisexual

Cyathia in axillary and terminal, pedunculate cymes

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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