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|accepted_name=Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
|accepted_authority=Jacquin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|place=22. 1760
|year=1760
}}
|common_names=Coastal beach sandmat
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaesyce buxifolia
|authority=(Lamarck) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. mesembrianthemifolia
|authority=(Jacquin) Dugand
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Euphorbia buxifolia
|authority=Lamarck
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
|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 mesembrianthemifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 238, 256
|treatment_page=page 277
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, perennial, with thickened and often woody rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, or nearly decumbent in shifting sand, 25–60 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules connate, forming conspicuous, ligulate or deltate scale, short cleft or fringed, 1–1.8 mm, glabrous; petiole 0.5–1 mm, glabrous; blade ovate to elliptic often folded along midrib, 5–12 × 3–8 mm, ± fleshy, base slightly asymmetric, truncate to cordate, partially obscuring stem, margins entire, apex usually obtuse, rarely acute, surfaces yellowish to dark green, glabrous glaucous; obscurely 3–5-veined at base, pinnate distally, only midvein conspicuous. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary at distal nodes; peduncle 0.5–1 mm. <b>Involucre</b> campanulate, 1–1.6 × 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous; glands 4, brown, usually elliptic, occasionally almost round, 0.2–0.4 × 0.5–0.7 mm, fleshy; appendages white, oblong, rarely rudimentary, 0.2–0.4 × 0.5–0.9 mm, distal margin entire or undulate. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 12–20. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.3–0.4 mm, 2-fid 1/2 length. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose subtended by calyxlike structure, 1.5–2 × 2.2–2.8 mm, glabrous; columella 1–1.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ashen, broadly ovoid, angled in cross section, faces plump, convex, 1.2–1.3 × 0.9–1.2 mm, obscurely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Sandy and rocky shores, associated beach scrub.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;South America (Colombia;Venezuela).
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia</i> is found in the flora area along the sandy and rocky shores of southern Florida from Pinellas and Volusia counties southward. It is one of the few members of subg. Chamaesyce in the flora area that is a shrub or subshrub.</p>
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name=Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chamaesyce buxifolia;C. mesembrianthemifolia;Euphorbia buxifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Sandy and rocky shores, associated beach scrub.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;South America (Colombia;Venezuela).
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|publication year=1760
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_235.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
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