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wfo-0000964719
Euphorbia serrata L.

  • Sp. Pl. : 459 (1753) 

  • This name is reported by Euphorbiaceae as an accepted name in the genus Euphorbia (family Euphorbiaceae).

    The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2022-04-18) which reports it as an accepted name

Euphorbia serrata L.
  • Sp. Pl. : 459 (1753) 
  • Saw-toothed or toothed or serrate spurge


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Euphorbia serrata L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964719. Accessed on: 27 Sep 2023'

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Herbs, perennial, with thick rootstock. Stems erect, branched, 10–70 cm, glabrous. Leaves: petiole absent; blade lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, linear, or linear-lanceolate, 10–70 × 2–20 mm, base acute or obtuse, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuous, only midvein prominent. Cyathial arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3–5, each 1–3 times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts ovate-lanceolate, usually shorter and wider than distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, ovate or deltate, base obtuse to cordate, margins irregularly dentate, apex acute, or obtuse, mucronate; axillary cymose branches 0–3. Cyathia: peduncle 1–5 mm. Involucre campanulate, 2–4 × 1.2–3 mm, glabrous; glands 4–5, elliptic, ovate, or suborbiculate, 1.2–1.8 × 1.5–2.7 mm; horns absent or slightly divergent, 0–0.6 mm. Staminate flowers 20–40. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 1–2 mm, 2-fid. Capsules subovoid, 4.5–6 × 4–5 mm, 3-lobed; cocci rounded, smooth occasionally slightly puncticulate, glabrous; columella 4–4.5 mm. Seeds grayish, cylindric, 2.5–3.1 × 1.7–2 mm, smooth or slightly dotted; caruncle subconic, lobed, 1–1.5 × 0.5–1 mm.

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    Flora of North America @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Herbs, perennial, with thick rootstock. Stems erect, branched, 10–70 cm, glabrous. Leaves: petiole absent; blade lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, linear, or linear-lanceolate, 10–70 × 2–20 mm, base acute or obtuse, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuous, only midvein prominent. Cyathial arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3–5, each 1–3 times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts ovate-lanceolate, usually shorter and wider than distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, ovate or deltate, base obtuse to cordate, margins irregularly dentate, apex acute, or obtuse, mucronate; axillary cymose branches 0–3. Cyathia: peduncle 1–5 mm. Involucre campanulate, 2–4 × 1.2–3 mm, glabrous; glands 4–5, elliptic, ovate, or suborbiculate, 1.2–1.8 × 1.5–2.7 mm; horns absent or slightly divergent, 0–0.6 mm. Staminate flowers 20–40. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 1–2 mm, 2-fid. Capsules subovoid, 4.5–6 × 4–5 mm, 3-lobed; cocci rounded, smooth occasionally slightly puncticulate, glabrous; columella 4–4.5 mm. Seeds grayish, cylindric, 2.5–3.1 × 1.7–2 mm, smooth or slightly dotted; caruncle subconic, lobed, 1–1.5 × 0.5–1 mm.

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    NameLanguageCountry
    Saw-toothed or toothed or serrate spurge

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    Euphorbiaceae
    https://powo.science.kew.org/
    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
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    Flora of North America @ efloras.org
    http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Flora of North America Association
    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • C CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).