Euphorbia glyptosperma
corrugate-seeded spurge
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
corrugate-seeded spurge
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root; stems prostrate, freely branched, often mat-forming, glabrous, with milky juice, 5-40 cm long.
Leaves:
Stem leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblong, 5-15 mm long, scalloped-toothed to entire, stipules linear, segmented unequally, 1 mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of several involucres solitary in leaf-axils; involucres axillary, top-shaped, 1 mm long; glands 5, 4 pinkish and depressed in the centre with whitish appendages, the fifth a short fringed lobe.
Fruits:
Capsules, glabrous, 1.5 mm long; seeds 1.2 mm long, greyish, somewhat prismatic, coarsely wrinkled with transverse corrugations, mucilaginous when wet.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Euphorbia glyptosperma
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
350 | 335 | 365 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
9 | 9 | 9 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
145 | 90 | 202 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
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| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
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| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry disturbed areas, meadows and open forests in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent in SC BC, less frequent in SW and SE BC; E to PQ and NB; S to MO, OH, TX, CA and MX.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Chamaesyce glyptosperma (Engelm.) Small