Category Archives: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)

Prairie Tea (Croton monanthogynus Michx.)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Prairie Tea, One-seed Croton, Doveweed, Dove Weed, Prairie Goatweed Bloom Color: White , GreenBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.

Three Seeded Mercury (Acalypha rhomboidea)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Common Threeseed Mercury, Virginia Threeseed Mercury Bloom Color: GreenBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , NovBloom Notes: Male flowers minute with 4 sepals, golden-green. Female flowers without petals, the sepals minute and green. For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Woolly Croton (Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Woolly Croton, Lindheimer’s Hogwort, Woolly Texas Goatweed, Woolly Doveweed Bloom Color: WhiteBloom Time: May , Sep . For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Bloom Color: WhiteBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Toothed Spurge (Euphorbia dentata Michx.)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Toothed Spurge, Toothed-leaf Poinsettia Bloom Color: White , GreenBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.

Eyebane (Chamaesyce nutans)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Nodding Spurge, Eyebane Bloom Color: White , Red , GreenBloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , NovBloom Notes: The flower and the fruit can turn red in bright sunlight. The bloom may last 1 to 2 months. For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Wood Spurge (Euphorbia commutata)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Wood Spurge, Woodland Spurge, Tinted Woodland Spurge, Tinted Spurge Bloom Color: Yellow , GreenBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , JunBloom Notes: Four greenish-yellow staminate glandular flowers lacking petals surround one pistillate flower. Flowers are subtended by a pair of connate or near-connate rounded, showy bracts. For more information aboutContinue reading “Wood Spurge (Euphorbia commutata)”

Prostrate Spurge, Spotted Sandmat (Chamaesyce maculata)

 Photo by Michele Lee Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family) Synonym(s): Spotted Spurge, Spotted Euphorbia, Spotted Sandmat, Milk Purslane, Prostrate Spurge Bloom Color: White , PinkBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun For more information about this plant, Click Here.