Euphorbiaceae
Chinese caps
Euphorbia crenulata
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chinese caps
Synonyms
- Euphorbia crenulata var. franciscana Norton
- Euphorbia leptocera Engelm.
- Euphorbia leptocera Engelm. ex Torr.
- Euphorbia leptocera var. crenulata (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Boiss.
- Euphorbia manca A.Nelson
- Euphorbia nortoniana A.Nelson
- Tithymalus crenulatus (Engelm.) A.Heller
- Tithymalus franciscanus (Norton) A.Heller
- Tithymalus leptocerus Arthur
- Tithymalus mancus (A.Nelson) A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.