Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Cypress Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Tithymalus cyparissias
COMMON NAME:
Cypress Spurge, Graveyard Spurge
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JK Marlow jkm090318_022
March Greenville County SC
Found in dense masses in waste areas, especially in old cemeteries, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm090318_035
March Greenville County SC
Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm0504n_20b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euphorbia cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-006:
Euphorbia cyparissias
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galarhoeus cyparissias
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Tithymalus cyparissias
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