View source for Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca

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|accepted_name=Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca
|accepted_authority=M. C. Johnston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Wrightia
|place=5: 138. 1975
|year=1975
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaesyce spurca
|authority=(M. C. Johnston) B. L. Turner
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. theriaca var. spurca
|authority=(M. C. Johnston) Mayfield
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia theriaca;Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca
|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>section</small>[[Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia theriaca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>5–25 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width"><b>Leaf-</b>blade 3–7.1 × 1–3.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="cyathium architecture or arrangement or growth form;cyathium arrangement or growth form;axillary branch height or length or size"><b>Cyathia </b>usually solitary at distal nodes, rarely clustered on short, axillary branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="peduncle some measurement">peduncle 0.6–1.3 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre length;involucre width"><b>Involucre </b>turbinate-campanulate to hemispheric, 1–1.8 × 0.9–1.4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="gland architecture;gland shape;gland length;gland width">glands short-stipitate, subcircular, 0.2–0.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="appendage presence;appendage prominence">appendages present, occasionally rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers 20–36.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="capsule length;capsule width"><b>Capsules </b>1.4–1.6 × 1.5–1.7 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ridge atypical quantity;ridge quantity;ridge prominence;ridge dehiscence or orientation"><b>Seeds </b>with 3–4 (–5) prominent transverse ridges.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late winter–late fall.
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone or igneous soils.
|elevation=700–1500 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Coahuila)
|discussion=<p>Variety spurca is partly sympatric with var. theriaca in Brewster and Presidio counties but extends further west into Hudspeth and El Paso counties as well as into adjacent New Mexico.</p>
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name=Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca
|authority=M. C. Johnston
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Chamaesyce spurca;C. theriaca var. spurca
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late winter–late fall.
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone or igneous soils.
|elevation=700–1500 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Coahuila)
|reference=None
|publication title=Wrightia
|publication year=1975
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_67.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia theriaca
|variety=Euphorbia theriaca var. spurca
|appendage presence=absent
|appendage prominence=rudimentary
|axillary branch height or length or size=short
|capsule length=1.4mm;1.6mm
|capsule width=1.5mm;1.7mm
|cyathium architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|cyathium arrangement or growth form=clustered
|flower architecture=staminate
|flower quantity=20;36
|gland architecture=short-stipitate
|gland length=0.2mm;0.5mm
|gland shape=subcircular
|gland width=0.2mm;0.5mm
|involucre length=1mm;1.8mm
|involucre shape=turbinate-campanulate;hemispheric
|involucre width=0.9mm;1.4mm
|leaf-blade length=3mm;7.1mm
|leaf-blade width=1mm;3.5mm
|peduncle some measurement=0.6mm;1.3mm
|ridge atypical quantity=4;5
|ridge dehiscence or orientation=transverse
|ridge prominence=prominent
|ridge quantity=3;4
|stem some measurement=5cm;25cm
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