Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia cyathophora
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wild Poinsettia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyathophora
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-002?:
Euphorbia heterophylla var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia cyathophora
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Wild Poinsettia, Painted Leaf, Fire-on-the-mountain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Caleb Forrest caf_6769
August Greenville County SC
Flowers have no petals or sepals. Upper lvs reddish (or white) at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Caleb Forrest caf_6770
August Greenville County SC
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Caleb Forrest caf_6771
August Greenville County SC
Leaves variable: Entire, serrate or lobed; linear, broadly oblong to ovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Caleb Forrest caf_6773
August Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_cyathophora_4
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia cyathophora
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyathophora
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-002?:
Euphorbia heterophylla var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia cyathophora
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Poinsettia heterophylla
2862
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? the original range obscure
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon north of FL
Look for it in disturbed habitats, dunes, 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.
...Dry
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Bracteal leaves red or green at base
Unisexual
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p047
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p138
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p159
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p195