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Chamaesyce maculata |
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| Synonym(s) |
Euphorbia maculata; Euphorbia supina |
| Common name |
spotted spurge |
| Family |
euphorbiaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
insignificant |
| Size |
groundhugger |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Not a particularly troublesome weed in our garden - we find it mainly in open areas such as our vegetable garden, where it forms roundish mats of tiny-leaved spreading stems that radiate out from a central stem/root. It pulls right up.
Not sure of the exact species identification - it may be C. humistrata or C. prostrata instead.
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| George Redlinear | Mar 31, 2005 | Euphorbia maculata grows best in hard compacted soils.
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| Maud | Sep 23, 2008 | Hi.first i wanted to know if this weed is hairy creeping milkweed.if it is i want to knw how to control it with mechanicals practices and chemical control...thank you |
| annie | Jun 16, 2009 | I love this weed, I do container gardening and when I pull this weed I replant it in a hanging basket, it looks really pretty when there is a ton in a a hanging basket and it thrives on abuse! I can forget to water these all the time.
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| Krista Wiggins | Jul 13, 2009 | This stuff is TAKING OVER OUR GRASS in our entire yard...it it harmful and how do we get rid of it? |
| Roberta | Jul 18, 2010 | I call this Spurge "Scourge" because it spreads in the lawn, and into every flower bed I have here in SW Florida. It has a gazillion seeds, that I believe all germinate! |
| Neil | Jul 29, 2011 | Our Chamaesyce supina isn't in our garden. It's in cracks in our tennis court. I think it actually looks good! I can't think of an ugly thing about it. Even the boring flowers are trim — they're light pink, and I really want more to go! |
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