Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Carolina Ipecac at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-010:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia arundelana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Ipecac, Wild Ipecac, American Ipecac
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JK Marlow jkm130406_803
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Above-ground stems smooth, dichotomously branched. Leaves linear to round, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm130406_863
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Plant with a deep long taproot, only the tips of its stems above gound, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm130406_863b
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Petaloid appendages of glands narrowly bordered with yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0565
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
A general aspect of prostrate plants with no main aboveground stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0567
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
Plants often look very different from one another, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Keith Bradley kab_e_ipecacuanhae_0581
April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
Flowers on long stalks from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
JK Marlow jkm161001_045
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-010:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia arundelana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae