Prostrate Spurge
Scientific Name:Euphorbia prostrata
Common Name Synonyms: Prostrate Sandmat


NOTES: Stems and leaves exude milky sap when broken.

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Prostrate Spurge
Genus species: Euphorbia prostrata
Common Names: Prostrate Spurge
Prostrate 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
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Pink/Red
CNC Habitat: Backyard Habitat
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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