Euphorbiaceae
Horned spurge
Euphorbia brachycera
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Horned spurge
- nv
- Naʼachííʼ azeeʼ
Synonyms
- Euphorbia brachycera f. dichotoma (Daniels) Oudejans
- Euphorbia brachycera var. robusta (Engelm.) Dorn
- Euphorbia montana Engelm.
- Euphorbia montana var. gracilior Engelm.
- Euphorbia montana var. robusta Engelm.
- Euphorbia montana var. trifaris Norton
- Euphorbia odontadenia Boiss.
- Euphorbia philora Tidestr.
- Euphorbia robusta Small
- Euphorbia robusta var. interioris Norton
- Galarhoeus robustus Rydb.
- Tithymalus brachycerus (Engelm.) Small
- Tithymalus fendleri Klotzsch & Garcke
- Tithymalus philorus Cockerell
- Tithymalus philorus f. dichotomus Daniels
- Tithymalus robustus Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.