Plants of Saint Lucia
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Euphorbiaceae
family
Euphorbia heterophylla
Linnaeus
, Sp. Pl. 1: 453. 1753.
Syn.:
Poinsettia heterophylla
(Linnaeus) Klotzsch & Garcke (1859).
Indigenous
Common herb of dry open areas.
Native to neotropics and neosubtropics.