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Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

not marked as a favorite taxon Euphorbia curtisii Engelmann ex Chapman. 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.

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Subgenus: Chamaescye. Section: Alectoroctonum.

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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image #1 of Euphorbia curtisii© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Euphorbia curtisii© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Euphorbia curtisii© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Euphorbia curtisii© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Euphorbia curtisii© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Euphorbia curtisii© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Euphorbia curtisii© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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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