Euphorbia corollata Linnaeus. Subgenus: Chamaescye. Section: Alectoroctonum. Common name: Eastern Flowering Spurge. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Woodlands and forests. Distribution: NH and MA west to s. ON, MI, WI, MN, and NE, south to se.VA, c. NC, n. GA, s. AL, and e. TX (some of the northern distribution may be by expansion northwards in disturbed areas).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Huft (1979) considered E. marilandica a sporadic growth form of E. corollata.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA12, GrPl, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Tx, Va, WV, Huft (1979), Park (1998); = Euphorbia corollata L. var. corollata — RAB; > Euphorbia corollata L. — Tat; >< Euphorbia corollata L. — G, W; < Euphorbia corollata L. var. corollata — Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000); > Euphorbia corollata L. var. corollata — C, F, Il; > Euphorbia corollata L. var. mollis Millsp. — F, Il; > Euphorbia marilandica Greene — C, F, G, Tat; > Tithymalopsis corollata (L.) Klotzsch — S, S13; > Tithymalopsis joorii (Norton) Small — S13; > Tithymalopsis olivacea Small — S, S13. Basionym: Euphorbia corollata L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Euphorbia corollata - FNA12
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry upland woods and forests.
Stems: Stems 1-several, wiry, branching in the inflorescence, smooth (rarely hairy), sometimes with a white coating; exudes milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves alternate (1 whorl below the inflorescence), short-petiolate to sessile, angled upward, linear-oblong, to 2 1/2 in. long, with prominent midvein, somewhat leathery, light gray-green to medium green and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers (male and female separate) in an open, terminal panicle; white; 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like bracts and 5 green, glandular appendages at the bases of these bracts; male flowers with several stamens and female flowers with an ovary and 3-part style.
Fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule on a drooping stalk.
Comments:
Height: 1 1/2-3 ft.
plant sale text:
bloom table text: Eastern flowering spurge is sometimes referred to as "native baby's breath" because of the dainty, delicate white flowers that bloom profusely atop slender, loosely branched stems in mid- to late summer. It thrives in average to dry soil and is fairly drought tolerant and disease resistant. The leaves and stems of this species contain a toxic milky latex that makes it resistant to herbivory from deer and other mammals.
description: Erect perennial of dry upland woods and forests.
stems: Stems 1-several, wiry, branching in the inflorescence, smooth (rarely hairy), sometimes with a white coating; exudes milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves alternate (1 whorl below the inflorescence), short-petiolate to sessile, angled upward, linear-oblong, to 2 1/2 in. long, with prominent midvein, somewhat leathery, light gray-green to medium green and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers (male and female separate) in an open, terminal panicle; white; 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like bracts and 5 green, glandular appendages at the bases of these bracts; male flowers with several stamens and female flowers with an ovary and 3-part style.
fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule on a drooping stalk.
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native range: eastern & central North America
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