Euphorbia peplidion

Engelmann

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 191. 1859.

Common names: Low spurge
Endemic
Synonyms: Tithymalus peplidion (Engelmann) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 306. Mentioned on page 297.

Herbs, annual, with taproot. Stems erect, unbranched or branched, 5–20 cm, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 0–0.2 mm; blade linear-oblanceolate to cuneate-spatulate, 5–20 × 1–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuously pinnate, midvein prominent. Cyathial arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3(–5), 1–3 times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts linear, lanceolate, or spatulate, similar in size to distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, rhomboid-lanceolate to ovate, falcate, base rounded to obtuse, margins entire or slightly erose, apex acute; axillary cymose branches 0–3. Cyathia: peduncle 0.3–0.5 mm. Involucre broadly campanulate-turbinate, 0.8–1 × 0.6–0.9 mm, glabrous; glands 4, elliptic, 0.2–0.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm; horns divergent, 0.4–0.5 mm. Staminate flowers 5–10. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.5–0.7 mm, 2-fid. Capsules depressed-globose, 1.8–2.3 × 2.6–3 mm, 3-lobed; cocci slightly flattened, without wings, smooth, glabrous; columella 1.3–1.5 mm. Seeds gray to brown, oblong, 1.3–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 mm, abaxial faces irregularly large-pitted, adaxial faces longitudinally sulcate; caruncle flat, umbonate, 2-lobed, 0.4 × 0.7 mm.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting late winter–spring.
Habitat: Dry, sandy areas, open areas with poor soils, roadsides, stream banks.
Elevation: 100–300 m.

Discussion

Euphorbia peplidion is native to central and south-central Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Ricarda Riina +, Dmitry V. Geltman +, Jess A. Peirson +  and Paul E. Berry +
Engelmann +
Low spurge +
100–300 m. +
Dry, sandy areas, open areas with poor soils, roadsides, stream banks. +
Flowering and fruiting late winter–spring. +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
Tithymalus peplidion +
Euphorbia peplidion +
Euphorbia subg. Esula +
species +