Euphorbia curtisii Engelmann ex Chapman. Subgenus: Chamaescye. Section: Alectoroctonum. Common name: White Sandhills Spurge, Curtis's Spurge. Phenology: Late Mar-Jun. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry open areas, such as hardpan woodlands. Distribution: Sc. and se. NC to ne. FL and w. Panhandle FL, on the Coastal Plain, and less typically the lower Piedmont.
ID notes: Less variable in leaf shape than E. ipecacuanhae or E. exserta.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl2, FNA12, GW2, K4, RAB, WH3, Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000), Huft (1979), Park (1998); > Euphorbia eriogonoides Small; > Tithymalopsis curtisii (Engelm.) Small — S, S13; > Tithymalopsis eriogonoides (Small) Small — S, S13. Basionym: Euphorbia curtisii Engelm. ex Chapm. 1860
Links to other floras: = Euphorbia curtisii - FNA12
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of dry oak or oak-pine scrub of sandhills, pine-oak woodlands and pine-oak savannas.
Stems: Stems erect to ascending, branched, smooth, exuding a milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate to sessile (with tiny stipules at the base), linear to elliptic, with promiment midvein and somewhat folded, sometimes sparsely hairy on the margins.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in an open, terminal panicle, with male and female flowers separate; greenish-white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 white, short, semi-circular petal-like bracts attached to a green, cup-shaped receptacle where 5 tiny glands and reproductive organs are nestled.
Fruits: Fruit a tiny, rounded capsule.
Comments: Endemic and restricted to the southeastern U.S.
Height: 8-15 in.
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description: Erect to ascending perennial of dry oak or oak-pine scrub of sandhills, pine-oak woodlands and pine-oak savannas.
stems: Stems erect to ascending, branched, smooth, exuding a milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate to sessile (with tiny stipules at the base), linear to elliptic, with promiment midvein and somewhat folded, sometimes sparsely hairy on the margins.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in an open, terminal panicle, with male and female flowers separate; greenish-white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 white, short, semi-circular petal-like bracts attached to a green, cup-shaped receptacle where 5 tiny glands and reproductive organs are nestled.
fruits: Fruit a tiny, rounded capsule.
comments: Endemic and restricted to the southeastern U.S.
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native range: southeastern United States
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