NameThatPlant.net: Euphorbia polygonifolia

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce polygonifolia FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-017:

Euphorbia polygonifolia FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Dune Spurge, Northern Seaside Spurge, Northern Sandmat

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaesyce polygonifolia FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-017:
Euphorbia polygonifolia FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Open sands of dunes, upper beach, dune blowouts and overwashes, sometimes growing with perennial grasses such as Uniola paniculata, but preferring open sands with little competition, sometimes mixed with the less common E. bombensis, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands small, whitish
Cyathium
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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