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Read more about Eastern Flowering Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euphorbia corollata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia corollata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-013a:
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tithymalopsis corollata
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Flowering Spurge
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_corollata
August
Flowering June-Sept, inflorescences appearing corymbose and densely flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Flowering Spurge and False Flowering Spurge
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_corollata_b
August
Cyathia (5-)6.5-8.0(-11.0)mm wide (across the appendages), per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow s000820_d
August Greenville County SC
Leaves leathery, sessile or subpetiolate, ascending, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euphorbia_corollata_2
September
Latex so skin-caustic that it has been used to brand cattle, per Book of Field and Roadside.