Euphorbia pubentissima

Classification	Dicots
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Euphorbia
Species:	Euphorbia pubentissima Michx.
Common Name	False Flowering Spurge
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: Yes; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value
Status	Native; TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), McMinn (TN), McNairy (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Union (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, ETSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1881 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0138647	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138649	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138653	Union	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138626	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138620	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138650	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138621	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT018440	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038402	Cumberland	Tennessee	24 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014641	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038398	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0057533	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038397	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0056920	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0051105	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138623	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138635	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138629	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138648	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138638	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0032111	Cheatham	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0078564	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014856	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0059242	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0044281	Carter	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038403	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0055303	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014636	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT039000	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113824	Cumberland	Tennessee	07 Aug 1976	R. Kral 58662	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138645	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138637	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT018441	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT018442	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0092164	Cumberland	Tennessee	18 Jun 2014	Devin Rodgers	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0072925	White	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0072924	White	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0049764	Hardin	Tennessee	28 Jul 2011	Roger McCoy	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038413	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0059238	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014642	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038414	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0243895	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113820	Hardin	Tennessee	26 May 1972	R. Kral 46700	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	20 Jul 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT035399	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113819	Lawrence	Tennessee	16 Aug 1986	Charles T. Bryson 4793	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113823	Cumberland	Tennessee	20 May 1972	G. Gonsoulin 1647	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU026523	Hawkins	Tennessee	20 Jul 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19688	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU027141	Sullivan	Tennessee	11 Jul 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18220	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138642	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138651	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138625	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138627	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138622	Cannon	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138633	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138628	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038396	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0055367	Cumberland	Tennessee	13 Sep 2014	Devin Rodgers	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
UOS02612	Franklin	Tennessee	14 Jul 1964	R. Rosenman	UOS Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113822	Franklin	Tennessee	01 Aug 1881	J. T. M. s.n	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU027167	Sullivan	Tennessee	23 Jul 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18252	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138634	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138644	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0054032	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038399	Cumberland	Tennessee	24 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014637	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT038999	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT035400	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113817	Hardin	Tennessee	02 May 1970	R. Kral 38914	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138643	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138636	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0014639	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038400	Cumberland	Tennessee	24 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
UCHT035755	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138630	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138632	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138631	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138619	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138639	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138640	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0055302	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113825	Cumberland	Tennessee	25 May 1977	R. Kral 60141	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU027094	Washington	Tennessee	27 Jun 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18163	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138624	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138652	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138646	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
TENN-V-0138641	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038404	Cumberland	Tennessee	24 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038376	Laurel	Kentucky	17 Aug 2014	Mason Brock	APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0038412	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
APSC0086486	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113826	Cumberland	Tennessee	29 May 1993	R. Kral 82525	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU025295	Cocke	Tennessee	23 Jun 2012	Adam McCullough	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113821	Hardin	Tennessee	26 May 1972	R. Kral 46682	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
BRIT113818	Sumner	Tennessee	04 Aug 1979	Richard Carter 2006	VDB Euphorbia pubentissima
ETSU026522	Hawkins	Tennessee	20 Jul 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19687	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	20 Jul 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Euphorbia pubentissima

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