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Euphorbia hirta L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Euphorbia hirta L.
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Euphorbia hirta

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Euphorbia hirta L.

Annual, usually erect or spreading. Stems moderately to densely hairy, 10-30 cm long, branched or not from base. Lvs opposite, sparsely to moderately hairy above, usually densely hairy below, shortly petiolate, serrate, ovate to elliptic, acute, asymmetric at base, (6)-10-20-(30) mm long, often with a purple spot about midvein; stipules triangular, free, c. 1 mm long, often with long linear divisions. Cyathia in small, axillary or terminal, leafless clusters along branches. Glands ovate or orbicular, entire. Capsule smooth, grooved, sparsely to moderately clothed in appressed hairs; keels sharp. Seeds rugulose, 4-angled, reddish brown, 0.7-1 mm long.

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Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Euphorbia hirta L.

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Type: "Habitat in India" (lecto: LINN [Herb. Linn. No. 630.7 ] n.v

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1 January 2000
19 June 2021
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