OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia pubentissima   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia pubentissima   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-013b:

Euphorbia corollata var. zinniiflora   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Euphorbia corollata var. corollata

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Euphorbia corollata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Euphorbia corollata var. paniculata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Euphorbia zinniiflora

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tithymalopsis paniculata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tithymalopsis zinniiflora

 

COMMON NAME:
False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge


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image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm0404zc_32

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm0305w_07

May    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm120506_617

May    Oconee County    SC

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140614_973

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm180623_2963

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves usually reflexed, thin, petiolate or subpetiolate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmepubentissima_cabinb

June    Clarendon County    SC

What appears to be a flower is actually a structure called a cyathium, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140822_910913

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

The inflorescences appearing dichasial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Flowering Spurge and False Flowering Spurge

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140822_910913b

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Male flowers surround each (female) pistil, producing sticky pollen masses, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140822_910913c

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Pistillate stalk enlarges as it ages; male flowers last only 2-5 days, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm140822_910913d

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Spurge fruits are 3-chambered capsules, audibly explosive when mature, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6966

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Nodes below inflorescence (6)15-26(41), per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2525

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2532

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2571

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm151030_644

October    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

Seed capules shoot their contents outward with great force, up to 15' away, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

image of Euphorbia pubentissima, False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4599

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia pubentissima   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia pubentissima   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia pubentissima

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-013b:
Euphorbia corollata var. zinniiflora   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia corollata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia corollata var. paniculata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia zinniiflora

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis paniculata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis zinniiflora

 

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Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry woodlands, sandbars, cobblebars, rock outcrops, longleaf pine sandhills, 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
Alternate, opposite, or whorled
Leaves sessile, or petioles to 1mm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands white, greenish or pinkish
Cyathium with 5 glands (or 7-10)
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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