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|accepted_name=Euphorbia cordifolia
|accepted_authority=Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina
|place=2: 656. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|common_names=Heartleaf sandmat
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaesyce cordifolia
|authority=(Elliott) Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia cordifolia
|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. Anisophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia cordifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 258
|treatment_page=page 265
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with taproot. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, occasionally mat-forming, 10–43 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules usually distinct, occasionally connate at base, filiform, 1–1.2(–2.8) mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose; petiole 0.4–1 mm, usually glabrous; blade ovate to oblong, 4.4–12 × 2.6–7.6 mm, base asymmetric, cordate to rounded, margins entire, apex rounded to mucronulate, surfaces glabrous; only midvein conspicuous. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary at distal nodes; peduncle 0.9–3 mm. <b>Involucre</b> campanulate, 1–1.3 × 1–1.3 mm, glabrous; glands 4, yellowish to pink, elliptic, 0.3–0.5 × 0.5–1 mm; appendages whitish to pink, sometimes drying red, elliptic to ovoid, 1.1–1.5 × 1.2–1.9 mm, distal margin entire, retuse, or erose. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 5–40. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.5–0.8 mm, 2-fid nearly entire length. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 2–3 mm diam., glabrous; columella 1.2–2.7 mm. <b>Seeds</b> gray or tan with dark brown mottling, ovoid, bluntly 3–4-angled in cross section, 1.8–2.1 × 1.2–1.4 mm, smooth to rugose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Xeric oak-pine scrub, pine-barrens, sand barrens, sandy stream banks.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia cordifolia</i> is easily identified by its cordate to rounded leaf base and distinctive filiform stipules.</p>
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name=Euphorbia cordifolia
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chamaesyce cordifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Xeric oak-pine scrub, pine-barrens, sand barrens, sandy stream banks.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=1824
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_508.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia cordifolia
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