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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Euphorbia missurica
General Desc:
Smooth annual from a taproot; stems usually lying along the ground, rarely ascending-erect; branched from the base; milky sap.
Identification notes: Annual; leggy, spreading growth; leaves narrow, smooth margined, <1-1/4 inches long, 3 times as long as wide, base mostly symmetrical; flower clusters (cyathia) with narrow green to white petal-like appendages, 40 to 55 male flowers; capsules hairless.
Height:
2 inches to 2-1/2 feet
Habitat Description: Found mostly in sandy soil; sand dunes or other sandy habitats.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 1500 - 6000 feet
Color:
Green, white, greenish-yellow
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Flower clusters of cup-like structures enclose a single stalked female, 40 to 55 male flowers (cyathia), solitary or multiple in leaf axils near branch tips; glands greenish-yellow, oval; narrow white or greenish petal-like appendages.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Opposite along the stems; blades narrow, usually 1/4 to 1 inch long and 1/8 inch wide; stipules (small appendages at the base of leaves) distinct, narrow, smooth or lobed; conspicuous mid-vein; tapered to a sharp tip. Stems and leaves have milky sap.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules smooth, 1/16 inch long, with rounded lobes.
Seed Notes: Seeds 1/16 inch long; mottled brown and white; oval-shaped; 3-angled; smooth.
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