Wild Flowering Plants

Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia thymifolia   L.
Tropical & Subtropical America.
Very common prostrate herb of dry, stony open areas at lower elevations.
Threre are three similar species:
E. serpens has round leaves, usually solitary involucres in leaf axils, and hairless capsules.
E. prostrata has oblong leaves, involucres in groups in leaf axils, and capsules that have a fringle of long hairs on the keels, otherwise glabrous.
E. thymifolia has oblong leaves, involucres in groups in leaf axils, and capsules that are somewhat hairy on all parts.
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