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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia commutata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woodland Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia commutata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-005:
Euphorbia commutatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galarhoeus commutatus
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Spurge, Tinted Spurge, Wood Spurge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tico3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100313_136b
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_commutata_2
March
Crescent-shaped yellow glands in involucre give "flowers" their color, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_commutata_9
March
Stem leaves usually pale yellow-green, mostly sessile, shallowly toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_5021
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Leaves of umbel broadly triangular-reniform, tending to be fused together, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm090404_204
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090404_209
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia commutata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia commutata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-005:
Euphorbia commutatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galarhoeus commutatus
2930
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in NC)
Look for it in rich forests & rock outcrops, over calcareous or mafic rocks, 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:
Spring
Glands yellowish
Unisexual
Cyathium with 4 glands
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p158
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p194
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p093