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|accepted_name=Euphorbia cyparissias
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 461. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Cypress or graveyard spurge;euphorbe cypress
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Galarhoeus cyparissias
|authority=(Linnaeus) Small ex Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tithymalus cyparissias
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hill
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia subg. Esula;Euphorbia cyparissias
|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 cyparissias]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 296
|treatment_page=page 301
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, with slender, spreading rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, unbranched or branched, often with short axillary vegetative shoots with very narrow leaves, 10–50 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole absent; blade linear to linear-ovate or linear-oblanceolate, 5–30 × 0.5–3 mm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to acute, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuous, only midvein prominent. <b>Cyathial</b> arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 6–25, each 1–2-times 2-branched; pleiochasial bracts similar in shape to distal leaves except shorter and wider; dichasial bracts distinct, widely ovate, rhombic or reniform, base obtuse to truncate, margins entire, apex acute or obtuse, sometimes mucronulate; axillary cymose branches 0–15. <b>Cyathia</b>: peduncle 0–0.5 mm. <b>Involucre</b> campanulate to slightly urceolate, 1.5–2 × 0.9–1.1 mm, glabrous; glands 4, crescent-shaped; 0.4–0.6 × 0.7–1.3 mm; horns convergent, 0.1–0.5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 15–25. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 1–1.2 mm, 2-fid. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 2.5–3 × 3–4 mm, slightly lobed; cocci rounded, granulate, glabrous; columella 1.9–2.1 mm. <b>Seeds</b> blackish, ovoid-oblong, 1.8–2.5 × 1.4–1.7 mm, smooth; caruncle nipple-shaped or subreniform, 0.2–0.4 × 0.7–1.1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, waste places.
|elevation=0–1500 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euphorbia cyparissias
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Galarhoeus cyparissias;Tithymalus cyparissias
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, waste places.
|elevation=0–1500 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_534.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|subgenus=Euphorbia subg. Esula
|species=Euphorbia cyparissias
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