Euphorbia hypericifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. hypericifolia
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Euphorbia hypericifolia (commonly known as graceful spurge, golden spurge, and chickenweed) is a species of perennial herb in the genus Euphorbia native to tropical Americas. It normally grows up to 2 feet (0.6 m) in height, and contains milky sap which can cause skin and eye irritation.[7][8]
Description
[edit]Plant hairless on all parts, stems generally about 50 cm (rare outliers to 170 cm), obviously arching, few to many, with flowers and fruit capsules as conspicuous dense balls held a distance from the stem (FNA). (Confusion with other species such as E. hyssopifolia/nutans may occur where the balls have few flowers in which case they will lack interspersed leaves.)
Distribution
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The plant is native to Tropical Americas like most Euphorbias, the place where it is native includes Southern most parts of U.S, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America.[9]
The places where this plant is an introduced species includes Spain, Italy, Greece, Indian subcontinent, China, South Korea, Myanmar, and parts of Indonesia as well as Subsaharan Africa.[10]
Historical uses
[edit]According to James Mooney, the Cherokee Indians made use of the juice from this plant to cure skin eruptions.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (April 19, 2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. ISBN 9781482250640 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nowick, Elaine (October 11, 2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781609620608 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brummitt, R.K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (PDF) (2nd ed.). Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25.
- ^ "Euphorbia hypericifolia L. GRIN-Global".
- ^ Linné, Carl von; Salvius, Lars (July 11, 1753). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... Vol. 1. Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
- ^ "Euphorbia hypericifolia (Baby's-breath Euphorbia, Fluxweed, Garden Spurge, Graceful Sandmat, Graceful Spurge, Large-spotted Spurge) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu.
- ^ "Euphorbia hypericifolia | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org.
- ^ Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
- ^ "Euphorbia hypericifolia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ Mooney, James (1891). "The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees". Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. pp. 301–398. OCLC 747738317., s.v. Selected List of Plants Used
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