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Has been observed flowering in October, after a prescribed burn in July, at Pebble Hill Plantation, Grady County, GA by Michelle M. Smith.
 
Has been observed flowering in October, after a prescribed burn in July, at Pebble Hill Plantation, Grady County, GA by Michelle M. Smith.
 
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Revision as of 12:47, 17 November 2016

Euphorbia pubentissima
Euphorbia pubentissima Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. pubentissima
Binomial name
Euphorbia pubentissima
Michx.
EUPH PUBE dist.jpg
Natural range of Euphorbia pubentissima from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: False flowering spurge; Southeastern flowering spurge

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Euphorbia corollata Linnaeus var. zinniiflora (Small) H.E. Ahles; E. corollata Linnaeus var. corollata; E. corollata var. paniculata Boissier; E. zinniiflora Small; E. apocynifolia Small; E. corollata var mollis Millspaugh; E. corollata; Tithymalopsis zinniiflora (Small) Small; Tithymalopsis apocynifolia (Small) Small; Tithymalopsis paniculata (Boissier) Small; Agaloma pubentissima (Michaux) D.B. Ward

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species is found in mesic wooded slopes of a ravine and also in a nature park.[1]

Phenology

Has been observed flowering in October, after a prescribed burn in July, at Pebble Hill Plantation, Grady County, GA by Michelle M. Smith.

Seed dispersal

This species disperses by explosion mechanisms or by ants. [2]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden.
  2. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.