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Euphorbia bicolor

Euphorbia bicolor Engelm. & A. Gray

Snow On The Prairie, Snow-on-the-prairie

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)

USDA Symbol: EUBI2

Euphorbia bicolor (Snow on the prairie) #37185

Image Information

Photographer: Fannon, Carolyn
City: La Marque
County: Galveston
State: TX
Location Notes: Native Coastal Prairie.
Accession date: 2014-01-31
Filename: CF_IMG0802.JPG
Slide Index: 091005-067.jpg
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital
Orientation: Landscape
Shot: Close-up of flowers, fruit, and leaf-like bracts. True flowers are minute with many staminate flowers and a single pitstillate flower clustered together in a cuplike receptacle; five fleshy glands surround each cluster and the cluster is surrounded by white margined leaf-like bracts. Fruit is a globelike capsule with three compartments. On a high quality prairie, plants will be few and far between. (A personal note - Snow-on-the-Prairie should be seen in the moonlight.)
Date Taken: 2005-09-10
NPIN Image Id: 37185