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Euphorbia serpillifolia
thyme-leaved spurge
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Baja California, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.

Habitat: Dry ground from the plains to the lower mountains.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, wasps

Description:
General:

Monoecious, glabrous annuals with freely-branched, prostrate stems 0.5-3 dm. long.

Leaves:

: Leaves opposite, 5-15 mm. long, obliquely oblanceolate to oblong-ovate, serrulate near the tips; stipules lanceolate, 0.5-1.5 mm. long, usually lacerate.

Flowers:

Flowers tiny, monoecious, borne in axillary involucres; staminate flowers numerous, naked, each consisting of a single stamen; pistillate flower single and terminal in the involucre; involucre bearing 4 glands with sunken centers, separated by lobed, whitish appendages.

Fruits:

Capsules smooth, 1.5-2 mm. long; seeds 1.2 mm. long, grayish-brown, prismatic.

Accepted Name:
Euphorbia serpillifolia Pers.
Publication: Syn. Pl. 2: 14. 1806.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers., orthographic variant [HC]
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Euphorbia serpillifolia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Euphorbia serpillifolia checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Euphorbia serpillifolia information.

E-Flora BC: Euphorbia serpillifolia atlas page.

CalPhotos: Euphorbia serpillifolia photos.

USDA Plants: Euphorbia serpillifolia information.

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