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|accepted_name=Euphorbia hexagona
|accepted_authority=Nuttall ex Sprengel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Veg.
|place=3: 791. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|common_names=Six-angle spurge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Alectoroctonum;Euphorbia hexagona
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euphorbia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Euphorbia sect. Alectoroctonum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia hexagona]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 240, 241
|treatment_page=page 247
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with taproot. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched or branched, 30–70(–100) cm, sparsely hispid, occasionally densely so at distal nodes. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules (0–)0.1 mm; petiole 1–4 mm, pilose; blade linear-filiform, linear, or elliptic, 21–40 × 0.9–7.5 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute, abaxial surface sparsely hispidulous to strigillose, adaxial surface glabrous; venation obscure, only midvein conspicuous. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary in leaf axils or in terminal cymes or dichasia; peduncle 1–2.1 mm, strigillose. <b>Involucre</b> campanulate, 1–1.5 × (1–)1.5–1.8 mm, hispid; glands 5, green to deep red, elliptic to reniform, 0.5 × 0.8–1 mm; appendages white to green, tinged red, deltate to ovate, 0.7–1.7 × (0.9–)1.3–1.5 mm, entire. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 15–30(–40). <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.7–1.1 mm, 2-fid nearly entire length. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose to broadly ovoid, 4.7–6.5 × 4.9–6.5(–7.1) mm, glabrous; columella 3.5–4.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown or dark gray, ovoid, 3.4 × 2.7 mm, rugose, whitish glaucous; caruncle absent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Sand prairies, other sandy soil habitats, stream banks, sand bars, damp places.
|elevation=200–1300 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia hexagona</i> is native to the central United States and is most common from southern South Dakota to Oklahoma and northern Texas.</p>
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name=Euphorbia hexagona
|author=
|authority=Nuttall ex Sprengel
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Sand prairies, other sandy soil habitats, stream banks, sand bars, damp places.
|elevation=200–1300 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1826
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_578.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Alectoroctonum
|species=Euphorbia hexagona
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