NameThatPlant.net: Euphorbia mercurialina

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Cumberland Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia mercurialina FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Spurge, Mercury Spurge

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia mercurialina FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

2917

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Rich moist to dry forests over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands green with white margins
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

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