Euphorbiaceae
Prostrate spurge
Euphorbia inaequilatera
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Gladde rooiopslag euphorbia, Gladdekruipmelkkruid, Lipbossie, Rooiopslag
- English
- Prostrate spurge, Smooth creeping milkweed, Smooth prostrate euphorbia
- Southern Sotho
- Hlabo
Synonyms
- Alectoroctonum sanguineum Klotzsch & Garcke
- Anisophyllum inaequilaterum (Sond.) Klotzsch & Garcke
- Anisophyllum mundii Klotzsch & Garcke
- Anisophyllum setigerum Klotzsch & Garcke
- Chamaesyce granulata var. dentata (N.E.Br.) V.S.Raju & P.N.Rao
- Chamaesyce inaequilatera (Sond.) Soják
- Chamaesyce inequilatera (Sond.) Soják
- Euphorbia granulata var. dentata N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia granulata var. glabra Maire
- Euphorbia haematodes Boiss.
- Euphorbia hypericifolia var. pusilla Webb
- Euphorbia inaequalis N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata (N.E.Br.) M.G.Gilbert
- Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia inaequilatera var. jemenica (Schweinf.) Oudejans
- Euphorbia inaequilatera var. perennis N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia inaequilatera var. spanothrix S.Carter
- Euphorbia intermedia Hochst. ex Boiss.
- Euphorbia nelsii Pax
- Euphorbia parvifolia E.Mey.
- Euphorbia parvifolia E.Mey. ex Boiss.
- Euphorbia parvifolia var. laxa Boiss.
- Euphorbia sanguinea Hochst. & Steud. ex Benth.
- Euphorbia sanguinea var. intermedia Boiss.
- Euphorbia sanguinea var. jemenica Schweinf.
- Euphorbia sanguinea var. natalensis Boiss.
- Euphorbia sanguinea var. setigera (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.
- Euphorbia setigera E.Mey.
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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). About our plant data.