Native Plants
Chamaesyce prostrata
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small
Prostrate Spurge, Prostrate Sandmat, Ground Spurge
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: CHPR6USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Euphorbia prostrata
Prostrate euphorbia
Euphorbiaceae
Location: E side of Salado Creek, 200 m N of Rittiman Road, on N side of broad drain into creek.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Damp, alluvial floodplain. Full sun.
Description: Prostrate annual. Stems-many, pubescent, much branched. Leaves opposite, blades ovate-oblong, twice as long as broad, serrulate apically, stipular. Seed oblong quadrangular, 9 mm long, acute apically, sharply angled, pale pink-brown.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 12. 1994
Specimen number: 700
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1116
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: MCFRB (In flower/fruit)