Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Maroon Sandhills Spurge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Euphorbia exserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-012:
Euphorbia gracilior FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis exserta
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Maroon Sandhills Spurge, Coastal Sand Spurge, Purple Sandhill-spurge
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Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Leaves slightly fleshy, somewhat blue-green, glabrous; branching primarily opposite, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmeexcerta_laurensb
Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Leaves with a very narrow, slightly red-hyaline but not thickened, margin, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Month Unknown Laurens County SC
Cyathia and capsules maroon; petaloid appendages maroon-red, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia exserta
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia exserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-11-012:
Euphorbia gracilior
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis exserta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tithymalopsis gracilis
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