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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Cypress Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
COMMON NAME:
Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ticy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090318_015
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090318_022
March Greenville County SC
Found in dense masses in waste areas, especially in old cemeteries, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090318_035
March Greenville County SC
Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090318_037
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_20b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s050421_b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow s050421_b1
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502b
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190519_8502c
May Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
1935
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Roadbanks, graveyards, waste places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare or waifs in Coastal Plain)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Glands yellowish
Unisexual
Cyathium with 4 glands
FRUIT:
Spring
Reddish-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p408
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p312
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p093