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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fiddler's Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia geniculata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Fiddler's Spurge, Mexican Fireplant
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pohe11_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_heterophylla_72449
August Miami-Dade County FL
Cyathial gland w a circular opening; bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia geniculata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia heterophylla
2838
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green
Unisexual
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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