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Euphorbia pediculifera Engelm.  

No occurrences found

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Carrizo Mountain sandmat
[Chamaesyce pediculifera (Engelm.) Rose & Standl.]
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Wiggins 1964, Kearney and Peebles 1969
Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Prostrate to slightly procumbent annual with spreading dichotomous branches 3-30 cm long, herbage puberulent with sparse, simple, spreading hairs. Herbage often red-brown to gray-brown. Leaves: At least twice as long as wide, petioled, blades 5.5-15.5 mm, ovate to obovate or oblong, margins entire or sometimes with a few small, irregular teeth. Flowers: Cyathia 1.2-1.5 mm wide, glands maroon, oval, .6-.9 m wide, appendages rather showy, white, fading pink, usually considerably wider and longer than the glands; staminate flowers 20-25 in a cyathium. Fruits: Capsules sharply 3-angled, 1.2-1.4 mm long and wide, hirsutulous, exserted and reflexed at maturity. Ecology: Found on sandy flats and on gentle slopes from 500-4,000 ft (152-1219 m); flowers throughout the year. Ethnobotany: Unknown for this species, other species in genera have medicinal use. Etymology: Euphorbia is named for Euphorbus, Greek physician of Juba II, King of Mauretania, pediculifera means bearing lice. Synonyms: Euphorbia pediculifera Editor: SBuckley, 2010
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