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|accepted_name=Euphorbia dendroides
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 462. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Tree spurge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tithymalus dendroides
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hill
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia subg. Esula;Euphorbia dendroides
|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>subgenus</small>[[Euphorbia subg. Esula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia dendroides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 295
|treatment_page=page 302
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> dendroid, with large rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect, stout, densely branched, to 200 cm, glabrous, bark usually reddish and glossy toward tip of branches. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole absent; blade linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 20–65 × 3–8 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, sometimes mucronulate, surfaces glabrous; venation pinnate, midvein prominent, base attenuate. <b>Cyathial</b> arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 4–8, unbranched or 1–2-times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts similar in shape to but usually shorter and wider than distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, yellowish, broadly ovate, orbiculate, rhombic, or reniform, base obtuse, margins entire, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronulate; axillary pleiochasial absent. <b>Cyathia</b>: peduncle absent. <b>Involucre</b> broadly turbinate to hemispheric, 3–4 × 3.5–3.8 mm, glabrous; glands 4, suborbiculate to subtrapezoidal, 1–1.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, sometimes irregularly lobed; horns absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 20–25. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 2.4–3 mm, 2-fid. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 4–5.5 × 4–6.5 mm, deeply lobed; cocci laterally compressed, smooth, glabrous; columella 3–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> grayish or blackish, ovoid and strongly laterally compressed, 3–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm, smooth; caruncle semirounded and laterally compressed, 1.2–1.4 × 0.8–1.8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting fall–spring.
|habitat=Coastal plains and basins, hillsides.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Europe;n Africa.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia dendroides</i> is native to the Mediterranean region. In the flora area, the species is known from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.</p>
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name=Euphorbia dendroides
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Tithymalus dendroides
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting fall–spring.
|habitat=Coastal plains and basins, hillsides.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Europe;n Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_22.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|subgenus=Euphorbia subg. Esula
|species=Euphorbia dendroides
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