Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz. is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz. (Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz.)
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Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz.

Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz.

Lesser Florida spurge (Euphorbia polyphylla) is a flowering plant endemic to peninsular Florida, restricted to specific fire-dependent habitats.

Family
Genus
Euphorbia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz.

Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz., commonly called lesser Florida spurge, is a species of flowering plant. It is endemic to the Florida peninsula in the United States. This species only grows in fire-dependent habitats across the central and southern parts of the Florida peninsula. These habitats include Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhill, dry flatwoods, and pine rockland.

Photo: (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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