Euphorbia eriantha
Euphorbia eriantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus: | Euphorbia |
Species: | E. eriantha
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Binomial name | |
Euphorbia eriantha |
Euphorbia eriantha is a species of spurge known by the common name beetle spurge. It is also called the Desert Poinsettia and Mexican Poinsettia. It is native to the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States from California to Texas. Its flowering season is from February to October in Arizona; March to April in California; January to December in Texas.This is an annual herb reaching anywhere from 15 to 50 centimeters in height. The leaves are long, narrow, and pointed, sometimes with sparse hairs, and 2 to 7 centimeters long. The foliage may be dark in color, from greenish to purplish or reddish. The inflorescence appears at the tip of the branch and contains staminate or pistillate flowers which are just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is an oblong, hairy capsule half a centimeter long, with gray and black mottling. It contains bumpy white or gray seeds.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment of Euphorbia eriantha
- USDA Plants Profile for Euphorbia eriantha
- Euphorbia eriantha — UC Photos gallery
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- NatureServe secure species
- Euphorbia
- North American desert flora
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of California
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Plants described in 1844
- Euphorbia stubs