Euphorbia spathulata

Family:EUPHORBIACEAE
Species:Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
Common Name:Warty Spurge; Prairie Spurge
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE - Spurge family
Genus Euphorbia
Species Euphorbia spathulata Lam. - Warty Spurge; Prairie Spurge

Citation

Citation Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck, Encycl. 2(2): 428. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: URUGUAY: Near Montevideo, s.d., Commerson s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: MPU).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Euphorbia arkansana Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 261. 1845. ARKANSAS
Euphorbia arkansana var. missouriensis Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray, var. missouriensis Norton, N. Amer. Euphorbia 21. 1899. MISSOURI
Euphorbia missouriensis Euphorbia missouriensis (Norton) Small, in Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 595. 1901.Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray, var. missouriensis Norton 1899. 
Galarhoeus missouriensis Galarhoeus missouriensis (Norton) Rydberg, Fl. Plains N. Amer. 521. 1932.Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray, var. missouriensis Norton 1899. 
Tithymalus arkansanus Tithymalus arkansanus (Engelmann & A. Gray) Klotzsch & Garcke ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859(1): 66. 1860.Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray 1845. 
Tithymalus dictyospermus Tithymalus dictyospermus (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 56. 1904.Euphorbia dictyosperma Fischer & C. A. Meyer 1836. 
Tithymalus missouriensis Tithymalus missouriensis (Norton) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 721, 1334. 1903.Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray, var. missouriensis Norton 1899. 
Tithymalus obtusatus Tithymalus obtusatus (Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859(1): 69. 1860.Euphorbia obtusata Pursh 1814. 
Tithymalus spathulatus Tithymalus spathulatus (Lamarck) W. A. Weber, Phytologia 58: 384. 1985.Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck 1788. 
Euphorbia dictyosperma Euphorbia dictyosperma Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 37. 1836.  
Euphorbia obtusata Euphorbia obtusata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 606. 1814. VIRGINIA
Galarhoeus arkansanus Galarhoeus arkansanus (Engelmann & A. Gray) Small ex Rydberg, Fl. Plains N. Amer. 520. 1932.Euphorbia arkansana Engelmann & A. Gray 1845. 
Galarhoeus obtusatus Galarhoeus obtusatus (Pursh) Small ex Rydberg, Fl. Plains N. Amer. 520. 1932.Euphorbia obtusata Pursh 1814. 

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: Bibb, Choctaw, Colbert, Elmore, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan, Sumter, Talladega, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1893 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0047891 Lawrence 09 Apr 2020 England, J. Kevin
10851
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125016 Franklin 12 May 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
JSU125014 Elmore 27 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9568
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
JSU125340 Morgan 14 Apr 1978 Kral, Robert
61503
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UNA00009423 Hale 26 May 1893 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
SAMF0002480 Morgan 26 Apr 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5167
SAMF
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125017 Lawrence 26 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17984
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
JSU125338 Montgomery 1 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46141
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UWAL0011827 Choctaw 16 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6377
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125018 Lawrence 26 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16482
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
UNA00021139 Greene 14 Apr 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
T962
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
SAMF0002481 Lawrence 05 Apr 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5084
SAMF
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
ALNHS00006292 Franklin 30 Apr 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4505
ALNHS
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
AUA_ACC_5197 Montgomery 8 May 1955 Grimes, Jr., H.W.
AUA
Euphorbia Spathulata Lam.
UNA00009425 Wilcox _ May 1840 Buckley, S.B.
s.n.
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
TROY000040831 Choctaw 16 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6377
TROY
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125015 Franklin 28 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16386
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
TROY000050276 Lawrence 01 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
758
TROY
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125321 Madison 16 Apr 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1024
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
JSU125322 Talladega 29 Apr 1980 Whetstone, R. David
9909
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
UWAL0032355 Lawrence 20 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6234
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125337 Limestone 10 May 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
478
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
TROY000050690 Lawrence 02 May 2009 England, J. Kevin
2047
TROY
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
ALNHS00005596 Lawrence 10 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3674
ALNHS
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
UWAL0031341 Franklin 21 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4854
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125020 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8388
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
UNA00009424 Montgomery 05 Jun 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2160
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
AUA000042363 Colbert 14 May 1934 Harper, Roland M.
3708
AUA
Euphorbia Spathulata Lam.
UNA00009420 Greene 13 May 1967 Naugle, Helen E.
G 311
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
AUA_ACC_73048 Sumter 22 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6384
AUA
Euphorbia Spathulata Lam.
UNA00058529 Sumter 14 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2681
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
JSU125336 Lawrence 4 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17469
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125339 Morgan 29 Mar 1997 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UWAL0032527 Lawrence 14 May 2016 England, J. Kevin
6334
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UWAL0010574 Lawrence 16 Mar 2012 Davenport, L.J.
4970
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
ALNHS00006807 Lawrence 07 May 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5119
ALNHS
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
UWAL0011826 Sumter 22 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6384
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125341 Sumter 19 May 1989 Anderson, Loran C.
11980
JSU
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UNA00009419 Colbert 06 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
375
UNA
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
UWAL0047803 Lawrence 01 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
758
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
UWAL0047856 Lawrence 02 May 2009 England, J. Kevin
2047
UWAL
Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
JSU125019 Lawrence 27 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16461
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
JSU125013 Bibb 13 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13448
JSU
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
USAM000005998 Washington 16 May 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7046
USAM
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
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