Euphorbia hirta L.
Detail
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Euphorbia hirta L.
- Common Name
- Pillpod Sandmat
- Synonym(s)
- Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Euphorbia hirta is a greenhouse/nursery weed inadvertently introduced to garden settings and urban ruderal habitats. It is unknown whether or not it will persist and thereby become a regular member of our flora.
- Habitat
- Cultivated soil and waste ground around nurseries, landscape planter beds, and sidewalk cracks. Rare; currently known only from Chesterfield and Henrico counties and Newport News City, but possibly overlooked in other areas.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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