Euphorbia glyptosperma |
Euphorbia cyparissias |
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rib seed sandmat, corrugate seeded spurge, ridge seeded spurge |
cypress spurge |
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Habit | Monoecious, glabrous annuals with prostrate, freely-branching stems 0.5-4 dm. long. | Glabrous perennial, the stems 1.5-3 dm. tall, simple below but freely branched above. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, obliquely lanceolate to oblong, 5-15 mm. long, entire or with fine, rounded serrations; stipules mostly linear, 1 mm. long. |
Leaves alternate, the lower ones linear, 1-3 cm. long and 1-3 mm. broad; leaves of the axillary upper branches more numerous and narrower. |
Flowers | Flowers tiny, monoecious, borne in axillary involucres; staminate flowers numerous, naked, each consisting of a single stamen; pistillate flower single and terminal in the involucre; involucre bearing 4 pinkish glands with whitish appendages, a fifth gland represented by a short, fringed lobe. |
Inflorescence a many-rayed umbel, the floral bracts broadly ovate-cordate, 12-16 mm. long; flowers tiny, monoecious, borne in involucres; staminate flowers numerous, naked, each consisting of a single stamen; pistillate flower single and terminal in the involucre; involucres about 3 mm. long, bearing 4 reddish-green, horned glands. |
Fruits | Capsules smooth, 1.5 mm. long; seeds 1.2 mm. long, grayish, prismatic, coarsely wrinkled. |
Capsules finely warty, separating into three 1-seeded segments. |
Euphorbia glyptosperma |
Euphorbia cyparissias |
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Flowering time | June-September | May-August |
Habitat | Dry, sandy soil, from the plains to the lower mountains. | Roadsides, fields, ditches, wastelots, and other disturbed areas where often escaped from cultivation. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Introduced from Eurasia |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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