Spotted Spurge
Scientific Name:Euphorbia maculata
Common Name Synonyms: Spotted Sandmat


NOTES: Upper leaf surface often has reddish spot. Stems and leaves exude milky sap when broken.

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Spotted Spurge
Genus species: Euphorbia maculata
Common Names: Spotted Spurge
Spotted Sandmat
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with milky sap; leaves various, simple, stipules sometimes present; flowers unisexual (plants mostly monoecious), regular; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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