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|accepted_name=Euphorbia peplus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 456. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Petty spurge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Esula peplus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Haworth
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Galarhoeus peplus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Haworth ex Rydberg
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tithymalus peplus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hill
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia subg. Esula;Euphorbia peplus
|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 peplus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 297
|treatment_page=page 307
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with taproot. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched or branched, 5–30 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–10 mm; blade obovate, oblong, or suborbiculate, 5–25 × 4–15 mm, base attenuate or cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous; venation pinnate, midvein prominent. <b>Cyathial</b> arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3–5, usually 2–8 times 2-branched, 1st branching level rarely 3-furcate; pleiochasial bracts similar in shape to and slightly larger than distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, ovate to obovate, base obtuse, margins entire, apex obtuse, usually mucronate; axillary cymose branches 0–3. <b>Cyathia</b>: peduncle 0.4–1.1 mm. <b>Involucre</b> cupulate to slightly turbinate, 0.6–1.1 × 0.7–0.9 mm, glabrous; glands 4, elliptic, 0.2–0.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm; horns slightly convergent to divergent, 0.4–0.6 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 10–15. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 0.1–0.2 mm, 2-fid. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 1.3–2 × 1.5–2.2 mm, slightly 3-lobed; cocci rounded, with 2 low longitudinal wings, smooth, glabrous; columella 1.1–1.3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> whitish or grayish, subovoid, 1–1.6 × 0.6–1 mm, abaxial faces regularly large-pitted (appearing almost alveolate), adaxial faces longitudinally sulcate; caruncle deciduous, conic, 0.2–0.5 × 0.2–0.7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Edges of gardens, weedy flower beds, roadsides, waste places, open ground near forests.
|elevation=0–1500 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euphorbia peplus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Esula peplus;Galarhoeus peplus;Tithymalus peplus
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Edges of gardens, weedy flower beds, roadsides, waste places, open ground near forests.
|elevation=0–1500 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_27.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|subgenus=Euphorbia subg. Esula
|species=Euphorbia peplus
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