Taxon:
Euphorbia prostrata Aiton
Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:139. 1789
Verified:
12/22/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
prostrate sandmat – German
hingestreckte Wolfsmilch –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | n. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
3 | Adventive | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
3 | Adventive | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sicily |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | n. & c. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | United States Minor Outlying Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Kiribati | Gilbert Islands | |
5 | Uncertain | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range in United States obscure |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Oklahoma]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
-
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina (n.), Paraguay
Adventive
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Egypt [Sinai], Israel
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde, Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
-
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey
-
CHINA:
China
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Thailand
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia]
Europe
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), Portugal
Northern America
-
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Nebraska, South Dakota]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
-
REGION:
United States (n. & c.)
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands]
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Kiribati [Gilbert Islands]
Uncertain
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri]
Other
(exact native range in United States obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | as Chamaesyce prostrata | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |
Weed | | | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |