- Source: Euphorbia serpens
Euphorbia serpens is a species of Euphorbia known by the common name matted sandmat. It is native to the Americas but it can be found on most continents as an introduced species and often a weed.
Description
This is an annual herb forming a mat of prostrate stems which root at nodes where the stem comes in contact with the ground. The oval leaves occur in oppositely arranged pairs, each leaf less than a centimeter long. The inflorescence is a cyathium with scalloped white petal-like appendages surrounding the actual flowers. A red nectar gland is at the base of each appendage, and at the center of the cyathium are several male flowers around one female flower. The fruit is a lobed, spherical capsule.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
Photo gallery
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar Spesies Tanaman dalam genus Euphorbia
- Euphorbia serpens
- Euphorbia prostrata
- Euphorbia maculata
- Euphorbia abdulghafooriana
- List of Euphorbiales of Montana
- List of recently extinct plants
- List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
- List of Euphorbia species (P–Z)
- List of Canadian plants by family E
- List of adventive wild plants in Israel
