Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia dentata Michx.
Toothed Spurge, Toothed-leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: EUDE4USDA Native Status: L48 (NI)
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Specimen & Label Data
Euphorbia dentata
Toothed Spurge
Euphorbiaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Under trees in leaf litter.
Description: Annual, 20-40 cm tall, from a coarse fibrous root. Stem reddish-green below, lighter above. Nodes swollen, sparsely pubescent/hirsute. White sap exudes when cut. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, serrate, petiolate, arcuate, sparsely strigose. Cyathia terminal in irregular clusters subtended by opposite leaves (pale but never discolored basally).
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: May 4, 1993
Specimen number: 003
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0425
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1993
Accession Number: 33
Annotations: MCFRB