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 nutans   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Euphorbia nutans

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

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

Chamaesyce hyssopifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge


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image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chpr9_001_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_251

        

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm120727_842

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves usually with a purple spot in the center, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm120727_844

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140822_892

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm180814_3841

August    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

Roxanna Martin    rlm82010_64

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

Roxanna Martin    rlm82210_18b

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Petaloid appendages of glands conspicuous, white or rarely pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_19

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Euphorbia nutans, Eyebane, Upright Spotted Spurge, Nodding Spurge

Roxanna Martin    rlm91309_001

September    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce nutans   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

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

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

 

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562

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Fields, gardens, waste places, disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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
Cyathium
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blackish
Capsule

 

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