Wild Flowering Plants
| Euphorbiaceae family Euphorbia thymifolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 454. 1753. Syn.: Chamaesyce thymifolia (Linnaeus) Millspaugh (1916). Indigenous very common prostrate herb of dry, stony open areas at lower elevations. Pantropical and pansubtropical. 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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