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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Euphorbia heterophylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Poinsettia geniculata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Poinsettia heterophylla

 

COMMON NAME:
Fiddler's Spurge, Mexican Fireplant, Catalina, Jacob's-ladder


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image of Euphorbia heterophylla, Fiddler's Spurge, Mexican Fireplant, Catalina, Jacob's-ladder

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pohe11_001_lvd

        

image of Euphorbia heterophylla, Fiddler's Spurge, Mexican Fireplant, Catalina, Jacob's-ladder

Keith Bradley    kab_e_heterophylla_72449

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Cyathial gland w a circular opening; bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia heterophylla   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Euphorbia heterophylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poinsettia geniculata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poinsettia heterophylla

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2838

Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia (introduced northwards)

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green
Cyathium with 1 two-lipped gland, without petaloid appendages
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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