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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, tree, vine, monoecious or dioecious
Stem generally branched, sometimes fleshy or spiny
Leaves generally simple, alternate or opposite, generally stipuled, petioled; blade entire, toothed, or palmately lobed
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, raceme, spike; flowers sometimes in clusters (dense, enclosed by involucre, flower-like in Chamaesyce, Euphorbia ), terminal or axillary
Flower unisexual, ± radial; sepals generally 35, free or fused; petals generally 0; stamens 1many, free or filaments fused; ovary superior, chambers 14, styles free or fused, simple or lobed
Fruit: generally capsule
Seeds 12 per chamber; seed scar appendage sometimes present, pad- to dome-like
Genera in family: 300 genera, 7500 species: ± worldwide especially tropical; some cultivated (Aleurites , tung oil; Euphorbia subsp.; Hevea , rubber; Ricinus )
Reference: [Webster 1967 J Arnold Arbor 48:303430]
Many species ± highly TOXIC .
Annual, perennial herb, generally monoecious, glabrous or hairy
Stem ascending to erect, < 1 m; branches forked, forks equal
Leaves cauline, generally alternate; stipules 0 or gland-like; petiole present or 0; leaf base symmetrical
Inflorescence flower-like or not, generally clustered; clusters generally umbel-like or cyme-like; involucre ± bell-shaped; bracts 5, fused; glands generally 4, distal appendages generally 0; flowers central
Staminate flowers 5many, generally in 5 clusters around pistillate flower
Pistillate flower 1, central, stalked; ovary chambers 3, ovule 1 per chamber, styles 3, separate or fused at base, divided or entire
Fruit: capsule, round to 3-angled or -lobed in X -section
Seed round or angled in X -section; surface smooth or sculptured, generally with a knob-like structure at attachment scar
Species in genus: ± 1500 species: warm temp to tropical, worldwide. See Chamaesyce
Etymology: (Latin: Euphorbus, Physician to the King of Mauritania, 1st century)
Reference: [Wheeler 1936 Bull S Calif Acad Sci 35:127147]
Horticultural information: STBL.
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Perennial
Stem ascending to erect, 14 dm, glabrous to slightly hairy
Leaf 0.62 cm, sessile; blade obovate to elliptic, glabrous, tip acute to abruptly pointed, margin entire
Inflorescence: involucre 23 mm, bell-shaped, glabrous; gland 12 mm, crescent-shaped, margin scalloped
Staminate flowers < 20
Pistillate flower: style divided < 1/2 length
Fruit 45 mm, oblong, lobed, glabrous
Seed 23 mm, oblong, round, white to gray; surface low net-like to almost smooth
Ecology: Rocky or sandy slopes
Elevation: 10002300 m.
Bioregional distribution: White and Inyo Mountains, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: Nevada, Arizona
Flowering time: MarMay
Intergrades with E. palmeri , especially in gland shape.