Euphorbia macropus
(Klotzsch & Garke) Boiss.
Huachuca mountain spurge
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Description
A herb. It has round tubers and keeps growing from year to year. The tubers are 2-8 cm long. The stems are branched and 10-45 cm long. The leaves are usually opposite 6-54 mm long by 2-19 mm wide.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally dry areas.
Where It Grows
Mexico, North America,
Synonyms
Anisophyllum crassipes Klotzsch & GarckeAnisophyllum macropus Klotzsch & GarckeEumecanthus tener (S.Watson) Millsp.Eumecanthus tenerus (S. Watson) Millsp.Euphorbia biformis S. WatsonEuphorbia plummerae S. WatsonEuphorbia retroscabra S. WatsonEuphorbia tenera S. WatsonZygophyllidum biforme (S. Watson) Arthur
Also Known As
Hierba de chicle
References (2)
- Casas, A., et al, 1996, Plant Management Among the Nahua and the Mixtec in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico: An Ethnobotanical Approach to the Study of Plant Domestication. Human Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 4 pp. 455-478
- Rangel-Landa, S., et al, 2017, Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlan, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13:59
