PLANTS Profile for Euphorbia marginata (snow on the mountain)

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PLANTS Profile

Euphorbia marginata Pursh
snow on the mountain

Symbol:

EUMA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Euphorbia marginata Pursh

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Synonyms:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

	AGMA7	Agaloma marginata (Pursh) A. Löve & D. Löve
	DIMA13	Dichrophyllum marginatum (Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke
	LEMA11	Lepadena marginata (Pursh) Nieuwl.

Distribution:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 96 species in Euphorbia

Classification:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

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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	Euphorbia L. – spurge
Species	Euphorbia marginata Pursh – snow on the mountain

U.S. Weed Information:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

smoke-on-the-prairie
snow-on-the-mountain
variegated spurge
whitemargined spurge

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FACU

UPL

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UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Euphorbia marginata Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, 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 28098.

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 species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 12:37 PM MDT