Euphorbia vermiculata

Rafinesque

Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 206. 1818.

Common names: Wormseed spurge
Weedy
Synonyms: Chamaesyce rothrockii Millspaugh C. vermiculata (Rafinesque) House Euphorbia rothrockii (Millspaugh) Oudejans
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 292. Mentioned on page 256, 293.

Herbs, annual or short-lived perennial, with slender, fibrous taproot. Stems prostrate to ascending or erect, not mat-forming, 10–35 cm, usually sparsely to moderately strigillose, pilose, or villous, rarely glabrate hairs sometimes in longitudinal lines. Leaves opposite; stipules distinct or connate, triangular to narrowly triangular or laciniate into subulate to filiform divisions, 0.6–1.3 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose; petiole 0.2–0.9 mm, glabrous, villous, or strigillose; blade ovate, oblong, or elliptic, often falcate, 5–18 × 3–9 mm, base asymmetric, one side rounded and other cordate, margins usually serrulate especially in distal 1/2, rarely nearly entire, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces not papillate, sparsely pilose, villous, or sericeous (especially near base), often glabrate (especially older leaves); 3–5-veined from base. Cyathia solitary at distal nodes or in small, cymose clusters at branch tips; peduncle 0.2–2.5 mm. Involucre obconic, 0.7–1.1 × 0.5–0.8 mm, glabrous; glands (2–3) –4, red to reddish green, circular to oblong, 0.1 × 0.1–0.2 mm; appendages absent or white, turning pink with age, flabellate, oblong, circular, or forming narrow lunate border around margin of gland, 0.1–0.3 × 0.2–0.4 mm, distal margin entire or slightly lobed. Staminate flowers 5–15. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.3–0.5 mm, 2-fid 1/2 length. Capsules oblate to subglobose, cocci not elongated nor terminating in empty portion, 1.4–1.8 × 1.7–2.1 mm, glabrous; columella 1.1–1.5 mm. Seeds brown, gray, or almost black, ovoid to oblong, 3–4-angled in cross-section, 1.1–1.4 × 0.7–0.8 mm, rugulose and sometimes also with low transverse ridges that do not interrupt abaxial keel.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Juniper-oak woodlands, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands, pine forests, oak forests with sycamores, walnuts and alders, often in disturbed areas.
Elevation: 0–2600 m.

Distribution

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Juniper-oak woodlands, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands, pine forests, oak forests with sycamores, walnuts and alders, often in disturbed areas, N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Ariz., Conn., Ill., Ind., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Mexico

Discussion

Euphorbia vermiculata has an interesting disjunct distribution; it ranges from central Mexico to Arizona and New Mexico, and is also present in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"connate" is not a number. "distinct" is not a number."/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Euphorbia vermiculata"
obtuse;acute +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
oblong +  and flabellate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
Victor W. Steinmann +, Jeffery J. Morawetz +, Paul E. Berry +, Jess A. Peirson +  and Ya Yang +
Rafinesque +
Anisophyllum +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
falcate;elliptic;oblong;elliptic;oblong;ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
oblate +  and subglobose +
not elongated +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Wormseed spurge +
lobed +  and entire +
Juniper-oak woodlands +, temperate deciduous forests +, grasslands +, pine forests +, oak forests with sycamores +, walnuts and alders +, often in disturbed areas +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ariz. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Mexico +
subulate;filiform +
0–2600 m. +
pistillate +  and staminate +
red +  and reddish green +
subtending +
circular +  and oblong +
0.1mm +  and 0.2mm +
Juniper-oak woodlands, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands, pine forests, oak forests with sycamores, walnuts and alders, often in disturbed areas. +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
caducous +, deciduous +  and persistent +
bractlike +
palmate +  and pinnate +
entire +  and serrulate +
toothed +  and entire +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
connate;distinct +
strigillose +, villous +  and glabrous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
Flowering and fruiting spring–fall. +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. +
black;gray;brown +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
rugulose +
3-4-angled +, ovoid +  and oblong +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
cordate +  and rounded +
free +, connate +  and distinct +
not mat-forming +
prostrate +  and ascending or erect +
villous +, pilose +  and strigillose +
flattened +  and terete +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
interpetiolar +
pilose +  and glabrous +
triangular +  and narrowly triangular or laciniate +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
glabrate +, sericeous +, villous +  and pilose +
not papillate +
Chamaesyce rothrockii +, C. vermiculata +  and Euphorbia rothrockii +
Euphorbia vermiculata +
Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum +
species +
axillary +  and terminal +
perennial +, short-lived +  and annual +
10 +, 9 +, 8 +, 7 +  and 6 +