View source for Euphorbia peplidion

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Euphorbia peplidion
|accepted_authority=Engelmann in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 191. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Low spurge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tithymalus peplidion
|authority=(Engelmann) Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia subg. Esula;Euphorbia peplidion
|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 peplidion]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 297
|treatment_page=page 306
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with taproot. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched or branched, 5–20 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0–0.2 mm; blade linear-oblanceolate to cuneate-spatulate, 5–20 × 1–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuously pinnate, midvein prominent. <b>Cyathial</b> arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3(–5), 1–3 times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts linear, lanceolate, or spatulate, similar in size to distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, rhomboid-lanceolate to ovate, falcate, base rounded to obtuse, margins entire or slightly erose, apex acute; axillary cymose branches 0–3. <b>Cyathia</b>: peduncle 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Involucre</b> broadly campanulate-turbinate, 0.8–1 × 0.6–0.9 mm, glabrous; glands 4, elliptic, 0.2–0.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm; horns divergent, 0.4–0.5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 5–10. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.5–0.7 mm, 2-fid. <b>Capsules</b> depressed-globose, 1.8–2.3 × 2.6–3 mm, 3-lobed; cocci slightly flattened, without wings, smooth, glabrous; columella 1.3–1.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> gray to brown, oblong, 1.3–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 mm, abaxial faces irregularly large-pitted, adaxial faces longitudinally sulcate; caruncle flat, umbonate, 2-lobed, 0.4 × 0.7 mm.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late winter–spring.
|habitat=Dry, sandy areas, open areas with poor soils, roadsides, stream banks.
|elevation=100–300 m.
|distribution=Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia peplidion</i> is native to central and south-central Texas.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euphorbia peplidion
|authority=Engelmann in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Tithymalus peplidion
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late winter–spring.
|habitat=Dry, sandy areas, open areas with poor soils, roadsides, stream banks.
|elevation=100–300 m.
|distribution=Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_231.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|subgenus=Euphorbia subg. Esula
|species=Euphorbia peplidion
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbia subg. Esula]]