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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Euphorbia lata
|accepted_authority=Engelmann in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 188. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Broadleaf spurge
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Euphorbia dilatata
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|publication_title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication_place=2(4): 175. 1857
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaesyce lata
|authority=(Engelmann) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=E. rinconis
|authority=M. E. Jones
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia lata
|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 lata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 254
|treatment_page=page 275
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, with moderately thickened to robust rootstock. <b>Stems</b> ascending to erect, or prostrate, 10–25 cm, strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules distinct, filiform, 0.8–1.3 mm, strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous; petiole 0.5–2 mm, densely strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous; blade narrowly to broadly ovate-deltate, older ones often falcate, 4–12 × 3–7 mm, base asymmetric, obliquely rounded to obtuse, noticeably wider on one side, margins entire, often ± revolute, apex broadly acute, surfaces strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous; obscurely 3–5-veined from base, midvein prominent abaxially. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary at distal nodes; peduncle 1–3 mm. <b>Involucre</b> broadly campanulate, 2–2.5 × 2.2–2.6, strigose; glands 4, greenish, oblong to semilunate, 0.2–0.7 × 0.6–1 mm; appendages rudimentary or white, forming narrow band, (0–)0.1–0.2 × (0–)0.6–1 mm, distal margin entire or crenate. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 25–35. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary densely strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous; styles dark purplish, 0.8–1.2 mm, 2-fid 1/2 to nearly entire length. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 1.9–2.3 × 2–2.4 mm, strigose to short-sericeous or ± villous; columella 1.7–2.2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> whitish, oblong, 4-angled in cross section, faces concave, 1.5–1.8(–2) × 0.6–0.9 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 28, 56.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Mountain slopes, canyons, basins, rocky prairies, roadsides, disturbed sites, usually in calcareous soils, sometimes in igneous-derived, sandy or rocky soils.
|elevation=600–2200 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euphorbia lata
|authority=Engelmann in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chamaesyce lata;E. rinconis
|basionyms=Euphorbia dilatata
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Mountain slopes, canyons, basins, rocky prairies, roadsides, disturbed sites, usually in calcareous soils, sometimes in igneous-derived, sandy or rocky soils.
|elevation=600–2200 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_559.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia lata
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