Taxonomy : Fam. Euphorbiaceae// Genus: Euphorbia // Species: Euphorbia chamaesyce L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Variability: Two forms occur in the Osogovo region: subsp. chamaesyce and subsp. massiliensis (DC) Thell. with the following distinction:
– subsp. chamaesyce: plant and capsule glabrous, glands with in inconspicuous appendage.
-subsp. massiliensis : plant and capsule villous, glands with in conspicuous petaloid appendage.
These two taxa are not accepted at the subspecies level in The Euro+Med Planbase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.).
Distribution: Native from Macaronesia to West Siberia and Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocky and stony ground, gravel, disturbed ground, roadsides.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT.
Euphorbia chamaesyce subsp. massiliensis (DC) Thell.
Euphorbia chamaesyce – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stem. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce L. subsp. chamaesyce
Euphorbia chamaesyce – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stem. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stem. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – flowering stems. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – plant base and root. Osogovo – Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – habit. Roadside near “Kochanski dol” locality, Kochani, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – stems with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Roadside near “Kochanski dol” locality, Kochani, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – stems with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Roadside near “Kochanski dol” locality, Kochani, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – stems with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Roadside near “Kochanski dol” locality, Kochani, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia chamaesyce – stems with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Roadside near “Kochanski dol” locality, Kochani, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.References:
Euphorbia chamaesyce L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346005-1 [Accessed 24.09.2021].
Euphorbia L. Micevski K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 846 – 876.
Last update: 29.11.2023.
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