Euphorbia cyathophora

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Species Distribution Map
Family:EUPHORBIACEAE
Species:Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
Common Name:Fire on the Mountain; Summer Poinsettia; Painted Poinsettia
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Wild Poinsettia is a native annual plant in the Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama, but is most common in southeastern Alabama. Wild Poinsettia grows in sandy fields, on roadsides, and along railroad tracks. It has been confused with a related species, Painted Leaf (Euphorbia heterophylla Linnaeus) and was sometimes treated as a variety of that species (as Euphorbia heterophylla var. graminifolia). Wild Poinsettia has a distinctive bright red blotch at the base of its upper leaves, whereas in Painted Leaf the leaf bases are light green or whitish in color. Both species are annuals growing to a height of one to three feet. Both have highly variable leaf shapes ranging from linear to fiddle shaped. The sap is a milky latex that dries when exposed to the air, sealing wounds. The flowers are extremely reduced and produced in an inflorescence known as a cyathium. This consists of a cup-like receptacle with one apetalous (lacking petals) female flower, several apetalous male flowers, and one or more nectar glands. This is surrounded by colorful modified leaves known as bracts. The fruit is a three lobed capsule. Wild Poinsettia is related to the Christmas Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch). It is available from many wildflower seed companies. Seed should be planted in well drained sandy soil after the danger of frost is over. These plants require full sun, and are drought tolerant once established. Wild Poinsettia is somewhat weedy, so expect seedlings to appear around the garden in disturbed sites. --A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE - Spurge family
Genus Euphorbia
Species Euphorbia cyathophora Murray - Fire on the Mountain; Summer Poinsettia; Painted Poinsettia

Citation

Citation Euphorbia cyathophora Murray, Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 7: 81–83, pl. 1. 1786.
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Type: **

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Euphorbia heterophylla var. graminifolia    
Poinsettia cyathophora    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Etowah, Franklin, Henry, Houston, Lawrence, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1980 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU124259 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9151		 JSU
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0035300 Franklin 21 Aug 2004 Estes, Dwayne
6803		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
UWAL0011199 Butler 21 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23187		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0030060 Montgomery 20 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26756		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UNA00009481 Montgomery _ Aug 1949 Viccars, Marion
s.n.		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
TROY000004701 Dale 06 Aug 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
37		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000031879 Covington 05 Aug 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21521		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
USAM000005985 Mobile 11 Oct 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4829.2		 USAM
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000004697 Coffee 23 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1682		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0012455 Dale 09 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23317		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000004699 Crenshaw 24 Oct 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11642		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
AUA_ACC_34428 Butler 17 Sep 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
TROY000044201 Houston 16 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27484		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
JSU124257 Etowah 6 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2969		 JSU
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0056911 Bibb 05 Jun 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11294		 UWAL
Euphorbia cythophora Murray
AUA_ACC_54485 Dale 26 Aug 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8411		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
TROY000004700 Crenshaw 15 Sep 1999 Hall, James A.
11		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UNA00059472 Autauga 07 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11548		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
TROY000042990 Montgomery 20 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26756		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
AUA_ACC_63993 Coffee 23 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1682		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
UWAL0001780 Covington 05 Aug 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21521		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
TROY000004696 Barbour 21 Oct 2000 Green, Clint
11		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
AUA_ACC_32221 Houston 25 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35733		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
AUA_ACC_56615 Pike 13 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9385		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
TROY000018984 Calhoun 31 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11516		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0016566 Calhoun 03 Oct 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13868		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
ALNHS00004172 Mobile 25 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2590		 ALNHS
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
TROY000035359 Dale 09 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23317		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UWAL0035053 Lawrence 02 Oct 2016 England, J. Kevin
6896		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000046418 Autauga 05 Nov 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27974		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
JSU124258 Etowah 2 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3967		 JSU
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000048565 Autauga 07 Sep 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1774		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UNA00009489 Madison 10 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
990		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
UNA00056079 Henry 14 Aug 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11745		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
UNA00059281 Calhoun 31 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11516		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
UWAL0046189 Autauga 07 Sep 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1774		 UWAL
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000004702 Pike 14 Nov 2000 Daniels, Mark
6		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
USAM000005984 Mobile 24 Jul 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9292		 USAM
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000035196 Butler 21 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23187		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
TROY000004698 Coffee 03 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
662		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
UNA00009481 Montgomery _ Aug 1949 Viccars, Marion
s.n.		 UNA
Euphorbia cyathophora Murr.
TROY000042791 Montgomery 20 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26756		 TROY
Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
AUA_ACC_63998 Coffee 23 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1677		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
AUA_ACC_44617 Baldwin 8 Nov 1975 Willis, Stephen F.
218		 AUA
Euphorbia Cyathophora Murr.
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