Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha - [maps | photos]

• Acalypha deamii (Weath.) H.E. Ahles (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: copperleaf
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. var. deamii (Weatherby) Weatherby

         • Acalypha virginica L. var. deamii Weatherby

         • Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. var. deamii (Weatherby) Weatherby

         • Acalypha virginica L. var. deamii Weatherby

• Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
  Common Name: slender threeseed mercury, copperleaf

• Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell
  Common Name: pineland threeseed mercury, copperleaf

• Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: common threeseed mercury
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acalypha virginica L. var. rhomboidea (Raf.) Cooperrider

• Acalypha virginica L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: Virginia threeseed mercury

Croton - [maps | photos]

• Croton capitatus Michx.
  Common Name: hogwort

• Croton glandulosus L.
  Common Name: vente conmigo

• Croton michauxii G.L. Webster
  Common Name: Michaux's croton
  Synonyms:
  

         • Crotonopsis linearis Michx.

• Croton monanthogynus Michx.
  Common Name: prairie tea

• Croton willdenowii G.L. Webster
  Common Name: Willdenow's croton
  Synonyms:
  

         • Crotonopsis elliptica Willd.

Euphorbia - [maps | photos]

• Euphorbia commutata Engelm.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: tinted woodland spurge

• Euphorbia corollata L.
  Common Name: flowering spurge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Euphorbia zinniiflora Small

• Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
  Common Name: fire on the mountain
  Synonyms:
  

         • Euphorbia heterophylla L.

• Euphorbia cyparissias * L.
  Common Name: cypress spurge

• Euphorbia davidii * Subils
  Common Name: David's spurge

• Euphorbia dentata Michx.
  Common Name: toothed spurge

• Euphorbia falcata * L.
  Common Name: sickle spurge

• Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
  Common Name: ribseed sandmat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce glyptosperma (Engelm.) Small

• Euphorbia helioscopia * L.
  Common Name: madwoman's milk

• Euphorbia humistrata * Engelm.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: spreading sandmat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce humistrata (Engelm.) Small

• Euphorbia lathyris * L.
  Common Name: mole plant

• Euphorbia maculata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: spotted sandmat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small

         • Euphorbia supina Raf.

• Euphorbia marginata * Pursh
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: snow on the mountain

• Euphorbia mercurialina Michx.
  Common Name: mercury spurge

• Euphorbia nutans Lag.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: eyebane
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

         • Euphorbia preslii Guss.

• Euphorbia ouachitana Mayfield
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland

• Euphorbia peplus * L.
  Common Name: petty spurge

• Euphorbia platyphyllos * L.
  Common Name: broadleaf spurge

• Euphorbia prostrata * Aiton
  Common Name: prostrate sandmat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

• Euphorbia pubentissima Michx.
  Common Name: false flowering spurge

• Euphorbia serpens Kunth
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: matted sandmat
  Synonyms:
  

         • Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small

• Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: warty spurge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Euphorbia dictyosperma Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Ricinus - [maps | photos]

• Ricinus communis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: castor bean

Tragia - [maps | photos]

• Tragia betonicifolia Nutt.
  Common Name: betonyleaf noseburn

• Tragia cordata Michx.
  Common Name: heartleaf noseburn

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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