NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Euphorbiaceae

Spurge Family

Acalypha neomexicana.  NEW MEXICO COPPERLEAF.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 2500-7500 feet [McD].


Argythamnia claryana (=Ditaxis adenophora misapplied).  DESERT SILVERBUSH.  Perennial.  Reported from near the mouth of Bill Williams River, southwestern Mohave County [McD].


Argythamnia cyanophylla (=Ditaxis cyanophylla).  CHARLESTON MOUNTAIN SILVERBUSH.  Perennial.  Mohave, Coconino, and Apache counties, 6000-6500 feet [McD].


Argythamnia lanceolata (=Ditaxis lanceolata).  NARROWLEAF SILVERBUSH.  Shrub.  Reported from southern Yavapai County, at ca. 3000 feet [McD].


Argythamnia mercurialina var. mercurialina (=Ditaxis mercurialina).  TALL SILVERBUSH.  Perennial.  Reported from Fort Apache, southern Navajo County, at ca. 5600 feet [McD].


Argythamnia neomexicana (=Ditaxis neomexicana).  NEW MEXICO SILVERBUSH.  Annual or perennial.  Reported from Mohave County, and from Grand Canyon in Coconino County, 1000-4000 feet [McD].


Bernardia incana.  HOARY MYRTLECROTON.  Shrub.  Mohave County, and in Grand Canyon and Havasu Canyon of Coconino County, 1500-5500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce abramsiana (=Euphorbia abramsiana).  ABRAMS' SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 3000 feet or lower [McD].


Chamaesyce albomarginata (=Euphorbia albomarginata).  WHITEMARGIN SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 1000-7500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce arizonica (=Euphorbia arizonica).  ARIZONA SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Reported from Yucca southward in Mohave County and from Grand Canyon in Coconino County, 1000-4000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce capitellata (=Euphorbia capitellata).  HEAD SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Yavapai County, 5100 feet and lower, probably elsewhere in the region [McD].


Chamaesyce dioica (=Euphorbia indivisa).  ROYAL SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 3000-5000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce fendleri (=Euphorbia fendleri).  FENDLER'S SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Throughout region, 4000-7500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce florida (=Euphorbia florida).  CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAIN SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 5000 feet or lower [McD].


Chamaesyce glyptosperma (=Euphorbia glyptosperma).  RIBSEED SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce hyssopifolia (=Euphorbia hyssopifolia).  HYSSOPLEAF SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 1000-6000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce melanadenia (=Euphorbia melanadenia).  SQUAW SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Mohave and Yavapai counties, Grand Canyon of Coconino County, White Mountains of Apache County, 800-5000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce micromera (=Euphorbia micromera).  SONORAN SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-5000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce ocellata ssp. arenicola (=Euphorbia ocellata var. arenicola).  CONTURA CREEK SANDMAT.  Annual.  Reported from near Virgin River in northwestern Mohave County, ca. 1500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce parryi (=Euphorbia parryi).  PARRY'S SANDMAT.  Annual.  Throughout region at 1500-6000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce pediculifera (=Euphorbia pediculifera).  CARRIZO MOUNTAIN SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Reported from southern Yavapai County, 4500 feet or lower [McD].


Chamaesyce polycarpa (=Euphorbia polycarpa; Euphorbia polycarpa var. hirtella).  SMALLSEED SANDMAT.  Perennial.  Mohave and southern Yavapai counties, in Grand Canyon in Coconino County, 800-3500 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce revoluta (=Euphorbia revoluta).  THREADSTEM SANDMAT.   Annual.  Mohave and Coconino counties, 3000-6000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia (=Euphorbia serpyllifolia).  THYMELEAF SANDMAT.  Annual.  Throughout region at 3000-7000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce serrula (=Euphorbia serrula).  SAWTOOTH SANDMAT.   Annual.  Reported from Peach Springs in Mohave County, at ca. 4800 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce setiloba (=Euphorbia setiloba).  YUMA SANDMAT.  Annual.  Mohave County, 800-5000 feet [McD].


Chamaesyce vermiculata (=Euphorbia vermiculata).  WORMSEED SANDMAT.  Annual.  Southeastern Yavapai County, southern Navajo and Apache counties, 6000-7500 feet [McD].


Croton californicus var. californicus (=Croton longipes).  CALIFORNIA CROT0N.  Perennial.  Extreme northwestern Mohave County [McD].


Croton texensis.  DOVE WEED.  SKUNK WEED.  TEXAS CROTON.  Annual.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties [McD].


Euphorbia aaron-rossii.  ROSS SPURGE.  MARBLE CANYON SPURGE.  Perennial.  Coconino County, Colorado River corridor: Marble Canyon, Litle Colorado River drainage; Forster Canyon, 2100-3300 feet [ARPC].


Euphorbia bilobata.  BLACKSEED SPURGE.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 3500-6000 feet [McD].



Euphorbia brachycera (=Euphorbia lurida; Euphorbia odontadenia; Euphorbia robusta).  HORNED SPURGE.  Perennial.  Throughout region, but apparently most common in Coconino County, 3500-7500 feet [McD].


Euphorbia chamaesula.  MOUNTAIN SPURGE.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, probably also Yavapai County, 5500-8500 feet [McD].


Euphorbia cuphosperma (=Euphorbia dentata var. cuphosperma).  Annual.  Southern Yavapai and Apache counties, 3000-8000 feet, intergrades with Euphorbia dentata [McD].


Euphorbia dentata.  TOOTHED SOURGE.  Annual.  Southrn Yavapai and Apache counties, 3000-8000 feet [McD].


Euphorbia exstipulata.  SQUARESEED SPURGE.  Annual.  Reported from Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 4000-6000 feet [McD].


Euphorbia incisa var. incisa.  MOJAVE SPURGE.  Perennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-9000 feet [McD].


Euphorbia incisa var. mollis.  MOJAVE SPURGE.  Perennial.  Yavapai County [McD].


Euphorbia palmeri var. palmeri.  WOODLAND SPURGE.  Perennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 4000-8000 feet [McD].


Euphorbia palmeri var. subpubens.  WOODLAND SPURGE.  Perennial.  ". . . has about the same range as the species and probably intergrades with it." [McD].


Euphorbia spathulata (=Euphorbia alta).  WARTY SPURGE.  Annual.  Yavapai County and White Mountains of Apache County, 3500-8000 feet [McD].


Jatropha macrorhiza var. septemfida. RAGGED NETTLESPURGE.  Perennial.  Reported from McNary, Apache County at ca. 7200 feet [McD].


Reverchonia arenaria. SAND REVERCHONIA.  Annual.  Leupp in eastern Coconino County, Hopi Reservation in Navajo County, 3000-6000 feet [McD].


Ricinus communis. CASTORBEAN.  Shrub.  Eastern Yavapai County [McD].


Stillingia linearifolia. QUEEN'S-ROOT.  Perennial.  Reported from Mohave County, 800-2000 feet [McD].


Tetracoccus hallii. HALL'S SHRUBBY-SPURGE.  Shrub.  Reported from Rawhide Mountains, southern Mohave County, ca. 2500 feet [McD].


Tragia ramosa (=Tragia stylaris).  BRANCHED NOSEBURN.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 2500-7400 feet [McD].



This page last revised 9 April 2009.


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