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Euphorbia pubentissima Michaux. Southeastern Flowering Spurge. Phen: Apr-Sep. Hab: Dry woodlands, sandbars, cobblebars, rock outcrops, longleaf pine sandhills. Dist: C. MD, VA, and c. and sw. TN, south to Panhandle FL and s. MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Agaloma pubentissima (Michx.) D.B.Ward – Ward (2001); = Euphorbia corollata L. var. paniculata Boiss. – C, Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000); < Euphorbia corollata L. – G, W; >< Euphorbia corollata L. var. corollata – RAB; > Euphorbia corollata L. var. paniculata Boiss. – F; > Euphorbia corollata L. var. zinniiflora (Small) H.E.Ahles – RAB; < Euphorbia pubentissima Michx. – Fl2, FNA12, Il, K1, K3, K4, Tn, Va, WH3, Huft (1979), Park (1998); > Euphorbia zinniiflora Small – F, WV; > Tithymalopsis paniculata (Boiss.) Small – S, S13; > Tithymalopsis zinniiflora (Small) Small – S, S13

Links to other floras: < Euphorbia pubentissima - FNA12

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to leaning perennial of dry forests, woodlands and clearings.

Stems: Stems branched above, green to sometimes reddish, smooth or hairy; leaks milky sap when broken.

Leaves: Leaves alternate (but in a whorl below inflorescence), mostly petiolate, linear to oblong or elliptic with rounded tips, 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a branching, terminal cluster; white; each "flower is actually a cup, about 1/2 in. wide, that holds male and female flowers, its rim with 4 white to greenish or pink, round petal-like appendages.

Fruits: Fruit a smooth to sparsely hairy, round, 3-lobed capsule.

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Height: 11-22 in.

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description: Erect to leaning perennial of dry forests, woodlands and clearings.

stems: Stems branched above, green to sometimes reddish, smooth or hairy; leaks milky sap when broken.

leaves: Leaves alternate (but in a whorl below inflorescence), mostly petiolate, linear to oblong or elliptic with rounded tips, 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a branching, terminal cluster; white; each "flower is actually a cup, about 1/2 in. wide, that holds male and female flowers, its rim with 4 white to greenish or pink, round petal-like appendages.

fruits: Fruit a smooth to sparsely hairy, round, 3-lobed capsule.

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