Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
			Painted Euphorbia. 
			
Euphorbia heterophylla. 
			
Spurge (Euphorbiaceae) Family.
		
	
 	 
		
			Plant: Annual branching forb 20-40 cm. Leaves: leaves alternate, highly variable (linear to irregular), mostly entire, 3-8 cm long. Flowers: flowers monoecious borne in cyathia; petaloid appendages absent, glands of the involucre cup-shaped; ovary glabrous, ~3 mm seeds with warty protuberances.
		
				
Santa Catalina Mountains
				
Location: Prison Camp at entrance to side trail just before first bridge.
				
9/23/15
				
						
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