General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.

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Common names
  • Whitemargin Sandmat
  • Euphorbia
  • Rattlesnake Weed
  • Rattlesnake Sandmat
  • Ikwik'yakya
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Euphorbia albomarginata
  • Synonym: Chamaesyce albomarginata
  • Synonym: Euphorbia hartwegiana
  • Synonym: Euphorbia stipulacea

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Photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Desert north of Las Cruces, NM
Date: Apr 24, 2012
Location: Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.
Date: May
photo by Stan Shebs

Photo by Stan Shebs

Photo by Stan Shebs
Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Aug 12, 2020 10:50 PM concerning plant:
    Range: southeastern California and southern Utah to Oklahoma; south to Mexico. Habitat: open areas in deserts, arid grassland, and piƱon and juniper woodland.

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