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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Fiddler's Spurge, Mexican Fireplant, Catalina, Jacob's-ladder


 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2838

Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia (introduced northwards)

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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