Euphorbia abramsiana

L. C. Wheeler

Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 109. 1934.

Common names: Abrams’ sandmat
Synonyms: Chamaesyce abramsiana (L. C. Wheeler) Koutnik
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 259. Mentioned on page 255.

Herbs, annual, with slender taproot. Stems prostrate, mat-forming, 10–35(–50) cm, shortly pilose or puberulent at least proximally, often glabrous distally. Leaves opposite; stipules distinct, divided into 5–7 subulate-filiform segments, 0.6–1.1 mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose; petiole 0.5–1 mm, glabrous; blade ovate, elliptic-oblong, or slightly ovate-cordate, 3–11 × 2–5 mm, base asymmetric, truncate to hemicordate, margins serrulate at least toward apex, often entire toward base, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sometimes with red spot in center, glabrous; usually only the midvein conspicuous. Cyathia solitary at distal nodes of primary stems or at nodes of short congested axillary branchlets; peduncle 0.2–0.5 mm. Involucre obconic, 0.5–0.6 × 0.4–0.5 mm, glabrous; glands 4, yellowish to pink, circular to oblong, 0.1 × 0.1–0.2 mm; appendages absent, or white to pink, semicircular to broadly ovate, to 0.1 × 0.2 mm, distal margin entire or shallowly lobed. Staminate flowers 3–5. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.1–0.3 mm, 2-fid nearly entire length. Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.3–1.5 × 1.1–1.5 mm, glabrous; columella 1–1.3 mm. Seeds light gray to light brown, narrowly ovoid to ovoid, 4-angled in cross section, 1–1.2 × 0.6–0.7 mm, with 3–5 prominent transverse ridges that often interrupt abaxial keel.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Desert scrub and desert grasslands.
Elevation: -40–1400 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora).

Discussion

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... more about "Euphorbia abramsiana"
Victor W. Steinmann +, Jeffery J. Morawetz +, Paul E. Berry +, Jess A. Peirson +  and Ya Yang +
L. C. Wheeler +
Anisophyllum +
Abrams’ sandmat +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Baja California +, Baja California Sur +  and Sonora). +
-40–1400 m. +
Desert scrub and desert grasslands. +
Flowering and fruiting summer–fall. +
Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
Chamaesyce abramsiana +
Euphorbia abramsiana +
Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum +
species +