North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Euphorbiaceae

Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006

Common in forested habitats in the mountains and piedmont of NC, this plant has milky sap.

Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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