Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia pubentissima
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about False Flowering Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia pubentissima
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-013b:
Euphorbia corollata var. zinniiflora FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia corollata
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia apocynifolia
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia zinniiflora
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis apocynifolia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis paniculata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis zinniiflora
COMMON NAME:
False Flowering Spurge, Southeastern Flowering Spurge, Southern Flowering Spurge
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JK Marlow jkm180623_2963
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves usually reflexed, thin, petiolate or subpetiolate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmepubentissima_cabinb
June Clarendon County SC
What appears to be a flower is actually a structure called a cyathium, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).
JK Marlow jkm140822_910913
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The inflorescences appearing dichasial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Flowering Spurge and False Flowering Spurge
JK Marlow jkm140822_910913b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Male flowers surround each (female) pistil, producing sticky pollen masses, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).
JK Marlow jkm140822_910913c
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pistillate stalk enlarges as it ages; male flowers last only 2-5 days, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).
JK Marlow jkm140822_910913d
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Spurge fruits are 3-chambered capsules, audibly explosive when mature, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).
JK Marlow jkm180814_3803
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Some botanists believe that E. apocynifolia is a valid but overlooked species.
JK Marlow jkm180814_3813
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
E. apocynifolia has oval to ovate leaves, short stature, small cyathia, etc, per A New Species of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce from Mississippi (Fennell, 2015).
JK Marlow jkm180814_3816
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
E. apocynifolia is currently considered to be included within E. pubentissima.
JK Marlow jkm200808_6966
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Nodes below inflorescence (6)15-26(41), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm151030_644
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
Seed capules shoot their contents outward with great force, up to 15' away, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia pubentissima
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia pubentissima
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-013b:
Euphorbia corollata var. zinniiflora
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Euphorbia corollata var. corollata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Euphorbia corollata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia apocynifolia
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Euphorbia zinniiflora
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis apocynifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis paniculata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis zinniiflora