Euphorbiaceae

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Euphorbia celastroides Boiss.

Euphorbia celastroides Boiss.

Euphorbia celastroides Boiss.

Euphorbia celastroides is an endemic Hawaiian drought-tolerant shrub or small tree that grows in dry coastal and inland areas.

Euphorbia jamesonii Boiss.

Euphorbia jamesonii Boiss.

Euphorbia jamesonii Boiss.

Euphorbia jamesonii is an Ecuador-endemic Euphorbiaceae plant found in specific subtropical and tropical habitats.

Euphorbia humistrata Engelm. ex A.Gray

Euphorbia humistrata Engelm. ex A.Gray

Euphorbia humistrata Engelm. ex A.Gray

Euphorbia humistrata is an annual spurge native to southern and midwestern United States, with common names spreading sandmat and spreading broomspurge.

Euphorbia florida Engelm.

Euphorbia florida Engelm.

Euphorbia florida Engelm.

Euphorbia florida is an annual spurge family plant native to mountainous Sonoran Desert regions of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

Euphorbia magdalenae Benth.

Euphorbia magdalenae Benth.

Euphorbia magdalenae Benth.

Euphorbia magdalenae is a local endemic semi-succulent shrub from Baja California Sur, Mexico, first described in 1844 by George Bentham.

Euphorbia revoluta Engelm.

Euphorbia revoluta Engelm.

Euphorbia revoluta Engelm.

Euphorbia revoluta, or threadstem sandmat, is an annual euphorb native to Mexico and southwestern US, once used by the Navajo as skin lotion.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis is an endemic Galápagos flowering euphorbia, first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Euphorbia chamaesyce L.

Euphorbia chamaesyce L.

Euphorbia chamaesyce L.

Euphorbia chamaesyce L. is a mat-forming annual Euphorbia with two described subspecies, found in Europe and Turkey.

Euphorbia parishii Greene

Euphorbia parishii Greene

Euphorbia parishii Greene

Euphorbia parishii, or Parish's sandmat, is a small perennial euphorb native to sandy desert soils of California and Nevada.

Euphorbia cumulicola (Small) Oudejans

Euphorbia cumulicola (Small) Oudejans

Euphorbia cumulicola (Small) Oudejans

Euphorbia cumulicola is a rare flowering plant endemic to sandy coastal fire-dependent habitats in Florida and a small area of Georgia, US.

Euphorbia deltoidea Engelm. ex Chapm.

Euphorbia deltoidea Engelm. ex Chapm.

Euphorbia deltoidea Engelm. ex Chapm.

Euphorbia deltoidea, or wedge sandmat, is a Florida endemic flowering plant whose endangered Miami subspecies is threatened by development and fire suppression.

Euphorbia acuta Engelm.

Euphorbia acuta Engelm.

Euphorbia acuta Engelm.

Euphorbia acuta is a perennial herb native to south-central US and northern Mexico that uses the C2 photosynthetic pathway.

Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora (Murray) Griseb.

Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora (Murray) Griseb.

Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora (Murray) Griseb.

Euphorbia heterophylla is a weedy plant toxic to latex-sensitive people with documented herbicide resistance in some regions.

Euphorbia pinetorum (Small) G.L.Webster

Euphorbia pinetorum (Small) G.L.Webster

Euphorbia pinetorum (Small) G.L.Webster

Euphorbia deltoidea is a Florida-endemic flowering plant, with an endangered Miami-Dade restricted subspecies deltoid spurge.

Euphorbia cuphosperma (Engelm.) Boiss.

Euphorbia cuphosperma (Engelm.) Boiss.

Euphorbia cuphosperma (Engelm.) Boiss.

Euphorbia cuphosperma is an annual hairy herb native to Mexico and the southwestern US, found in a range of open and disturbed habitats.

Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Holz.

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.

Euphorbia curtisii Engelm.

Euphorbia curtisii Engelm.

Euphorbia curtisii Engelm.

Euphorbia curtisii is a spurge species with defined morphological traits that grows in pine-dominated habitats and disturbed areas.

Euphorbia discoidalis Chapm.

Euphorbia discoidalis Chapm.

Euphorbia discoidalis Chapm.

Euphorbia discoidalis, or summer spurge, is a flowering spurge native to parts of the southern United States that bears white flowers in late summer and early fall.

Euphorbia exserta (Small) Coker

Euphorbia exserta (Small) Coker

Euphorbia exserta (Small) Coker

Coastal sand spurge (Euphorbia exserta) is a perennial herb in the spurge family native to the southeastern US.

Euphorbia pubentissima Michx.

Euphorbia pubentissima Michx.

Euphorbia pubentissima Michx.

Euphorbia pubentissima is a variable spurge species native to the sandy open woodlands of the Southeastern United States.

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy is a euphorbia species endemic to Mexico and Mesoamerica, with irritating sap that causes health issues when touched or ingested.

Euphorbia cotinifolia L.

Euphorbia cotinifolia L.

Euphorbia cotinifolia L.

Euphorbia cotinifolia is a broadleaf red shrub native to Mexico and South America with irritating poisonous sap used as medicine and poison.

Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti, Baja spurge, is a shrubby succulent flowering plant native to northwestern Mexico, popular in drought-tolerant gardening.

Euphorbia tenax Burch.

Euphorbia tenax Burch.

Euphorbia tenax Burch.

Euphorbia tenax is an endemic South African stick euphorbia found in Northern and Western Cape provinces.

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