NameThatPlant.net: Euphorbia discoidalis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia discoidalis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Summer Spurge

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Euphorbia discoidalis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euphorbia discoidalis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

2916

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, shortleaf pine woodlands in the Interior Highlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly South Carolina

Common in GA Coastal Plain

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Petaloid appendages of glands white
Cyathium with 5 glands
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

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