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|accepted_name=Dalechampia scandens
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1054. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Spurgecreeper
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Dalechampia;Dalechampia scandens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dalechampia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dalechampia scandens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 192
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>1–5 m, hirsute, with stinging hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules lanceolate to ovate, 3–8 × 2 mm; petiole 2–8 cm; blade ovate, 3–10 × 3–13 cm, usually deeply 3-lobed, base shallowly to deeply cordate, margins weakly serrulate-crenulate, apex acute or acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle of inflorescence 2–6 cm; involucral bracts greenish white at anthesis, broadly ovate, 1.5–3 × 1.5–3 cm, deeply 3-lobed, with 5 major veins; peduncle of staminate cymule 1–10 mm; pistillate cymule nearly sessile. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals pinnatifid, with stiff, detaching hairs and, often, stalked, resiniferous glands; styles 4–8 mm; stigma 0.5 mm diam. <b>Capsules</b> glabrescent to finely pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 3.5–4 mm, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, especially at end of summer/rainy season.
|habitat=Dry subtropical forests and scrub.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Dry subtropical forests and scrub;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Dalechampia scandens</i> is widespread, variable (W. S. Armbruster 1985), and probably a complex of cryptic species (C. Pélabon et al. 2005). The species is naturalized in Broward and Hillsborough counties; the geographic origin of these populations is uncertain (see R. W. Pemberton and H. Liu 2008b).</p>
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name=Dalechampia scandens
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, especially at end of summer/rainy season.
|habitat=Dry subtropical forests and scrub.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Dry subtropical forests and scrub;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Dalechampia
|species=Dalechampia scandens
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