PLANTS Profile for Chamaesyce prostrata (prostrate sandmat)

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PLANTS Profile

Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small
prostrate sandmat

Symbol:

CHPR6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N


Common Names:
	blue weed
	ground spurge

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Photo of Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

Euphorbia prostrata

Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.

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Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

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Synonyms:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

	EUCH7	Euphorbia chamaesyce auct. non L.
	EUPR3	Euphorbia prostrata Aiton

Distribution:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 90 species in Chamaesyce

Classification:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Chamaesyce Gray – sandmat
Species	Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small – prostrate sandmat

Introduced Information:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501454.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 02:04 AM MDT