Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia corollata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia corollata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Euphorbiaceae
107-11-013a
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata

Common Name:
Eastern Flowering Spurge

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in woodlands & forests, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate/Opposite/Whorled

Flower:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Greenish/Pinkish
Unisexual
cyathia with 5 glands

Fruit:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p160
All About SC Wildflowers p159
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p129
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p100
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p202
Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p039
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p108
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p139
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p149
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p092
Wildflowers of Tennessee p158
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p047




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image of Euphorbia corollata var. corollata, image of Euphorbia corollata
JK Marlow      s000820_d


August
Greenville County SC

Leaves usually glaucous or lighter green beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

 

image of Euphorbia corollata var. corollata, image of Euphorbia corollata
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmecorrolata_brp


Month Unknown
NC
Blue Ridge Parkway

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Euphorbia corollata var. corollata, image of Euphorbia corollata
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmecorrolata_brpb


Month Unknown
NC
Blue Ridge Parkway

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

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