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Common name: Spotted sandmat
 
Common name: Spotted sandmat
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonym: ''Chamaesyce maculata'' (Linnaeus) Small; ''Euphorbia supina'' Rafinesque
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Synonyms: ''Chamaesyce maculata'' (Linnaeus) Small; ''Euphorbia supina'' Rafinesque.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  

Revision as of 08:22, 16 September 2020

Euphorbia maculata
Eupha macu.jpg
Photo by Patrick J. Alexander, hosted by the USDA-NRCS, The PLANTS Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. maculata
Binomial name
Euphorbia maculata
(L.) Small
CHAM MACU dist.jpg
Natural range of Euphorbia maculata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Spotted sandmat

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Chamaesyce maculata (Linnaeus) Small; Euphorbia supina Rafinesque.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

Euphorbia maculata is a weedy annual herbaceous plant. It tends to grow low to the ground and somewhat repent.[2]

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

E. maculata prefers moist to wet sandy soils like alluvial sands, moist loamy or clayey sand, and coarse calcareous gravelly soils. It is found in a variety of natural and disturbed community types, including pine flatwoods, sand dunes, river banks, open shorelines, and near brackish marshes. Disturbed habitat includes railways, citrus furrows, cracks in pavement, roadside ditches, and recently clear-cut, site prepared and planted slash pine flatwoods.[2]

Phenology

It has been observed flowering and fruiting in September.[2]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, D. Hall, R. K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, L. Neel, R. A. Norris, A. Schmidt, and C. R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Collier, Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Polk, Taylor, and Wakulla. Geogia: Camden, Clinch, Glynn, and Thomas.