Euphorbiaceae – Spurge Family
Plants in the worldwide, but especially tropical Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae) are annual and perennial herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, trees, and vines with milky juice, alternate, simple or compound leaves, unisexual flowers with usually 0 petals and a superior ovary, and capsular or fleshy fruit.
Listed below are some of the southeastern Arizona plants in this family.
- Acalypha phleoides – Shrubby Copperleaf
- Chamaesyce florida – Chiricahua Mountain Sandmat
- Chamaesyce hyssopifolia – Hyssopleaf Sandmat
- Chamaesyce polycarpa – Smallseed Sandmat
- Chamaesyce setiloba – Yuma Sandmat
- Cnidoscolus angustidens – Mala Mujer
- Euphorbia radians – Sun Spurge
- Jatropha cardiophylla – Sangre de Cristo
- Jatropha macrorhiza – Ragged Nettlespurge
