Euphorbia ipecacuanhae Linnaeus. Subgenus: Chamaesyce. Section: Alectoroctonum. Common name: Carolina Ipecac. Phenology: Feb-May (and later, especially in response to fire). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry, barren sands. Distribution: CT (formerly), NY (Long Island), NJ, and se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007) south to ec. GA, on the Coastal Plain.
ID notes: The leaves are extremely variable in size and shape, from linear to rotund.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Huft (1979) considered E. arundelana Bartlett (reported from MD, SC, and GA) a sporadic form of E. ipecacuanhae.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA12, G, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Va, Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000), Huft (1979); = Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae (L.) Small — S, S13; > Euphorbia arundelana Bartlett — F; > Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. — F
Links to other floras: = Euphorbia ipecacuanhae - FNA12
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Reclining to ascending perennial of dry, barren sands in sandhills, woodlands, clearings and other sandy sites.
Stems: Stems several, with forked branches, smooth (rarely hairy).
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to broadly oval with blunt bases, 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, with smooth often reddish margins and fleshy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers at ends of branches or axillary, appearing solitary but actually composed of a small, cup-like structure with greenish-yellow, semi-circular lobes and containing minute male and female flowers and nectar glands.
Fruits: Fruit a rounded, 3-lobed capsule.
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Height: 6-12 in.
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description: Reclining to ascending perennial of dry, barren sands in sandhills, woodlands, clearings and other sandy sites.
stems: Stems several, with forked branches, smooth (rarely hairy).
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to broadly oval with blunt bases, 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, with smooth often reddish margins and fleshy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers at ends of branches or axillary, appearing solitary but actually composed of a small, cup-like structure with greenish-yellow, semi-circular lobes and containing minute male and female flowers and nectar glands.
fruits: Fruit a rounded, 3-lobed capsule.
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