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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Spurge and Allies
  7. Spurges
  8. Euphorbia hyssopifolia
  9. Hyssop Spurge

species 7,181 observations

Hyssop Spurge

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

51 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ello Sphinx, Southern Emerald, White-lined Sphinx, Sumac Leaftier Moth 6
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Perdita polycarpae 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Common Ground Dove, Mourning Dove, Hyaline Grass Bug, American Crow 13
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Poey's Furrow Bee, Odorous House Ant, Neopamera bilobata, Florida Calligrapher 31

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Dry Moist Wet
Soil
Rocky Sand Loam
Soil pH
Acid Neutral
Habit
Ascending Erect Prostrate
Plant type
Annual Perennial Poisonous Weed

From NC State Extension.

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