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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Euphorbia corollata
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Flowering Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia corollata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia corollata var. mollis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia marilandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tithymalopsis corollata
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Flowering Spurge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tico4_001_lvd
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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
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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.
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JK Marlow s000820_d
August Greenville County SC
Leaves leathery, sessile, ascending, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
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
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia corollata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia corollata var. mollis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia marilandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tithymalopsis corollata
561
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Look for it in woodlands and forests, 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.
...Moist
...Dry
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, opposite, or whorled
Leaves sessile, or petioles to 5mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Petaloid appendages of glands white, greenish
or pinkish
Unisexual
Cyathium with 5 glands
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p159
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p129
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p100
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p160
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p202
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p039
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p119
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p149
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p047
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p108
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p139
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p158
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p195
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p092