Euphorbia prostrata, Aiton

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 216

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

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scientific name

Euphorbia prostrata
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7. E. prostrata Aiton View in CoL View at ENA , Hort. Kew. 2: 139 (1789).

Procumbent annual, with branches up to 20 cm. Stems usually glabrous below, pubescent above. Leaves (2—)8—10(—15) x (1—)4—6(—8) mm, ovate, obtuse, asymmetrical at the base, serrulate to subentire, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole c. 1 mm. Stipules c. 1 mm, triangular, the upper free, the lower often connate. Glands transversely ovate, with small appendages. Capsule 1-5 x 1-5 mm, shallowly sulcate, sharply keeled, smooth, glabrous except for the ciliate keels. Seeds 1 mm, ovoid-quadrangular, deeply transversely furrowed, greyish. Naturalized as a weed and ruderal. Mediterranean region and Portugal. [Gr Hs It Lu Si.] {North America.)

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Euphorbia

Loc

Euphorbia prostrata

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Loc

E. prostrata

Aiton 1789: 139
1789
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