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Euphorbiaceae

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata Aiton

Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia

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Prostrate sandmat: Euphorbia prostrata
Photo: toony, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)
arz
الفربيون البروستاتا
Chinese
伏生大戟, 匍匐大戟, 铺地草, 鋪地草
English
Prostrate sandmat
French
Euphorbe prostrée
German
Hingestreckte Zwergwolfsmilch
Hebrew
חלבלוב פושט
Japanese
ハイニシキソウ
lah
ہزار داݨی, ہزار دانی
Macedonian
Спрострена млечка
Slovenian
Plazeči mleček

Synonyms

  • Anisophyllum prostratum (Aiton) Haw.
  • Aplarina prostrata Raf.
  • Chamaesyce malaca Small
  • Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small
  • Chamaesyce villosior Millsp.
  • Euphorbia callitrichoides Kunth
  • Euphorbia malaca (Small) Little
  • Euphorbia perforata Guss.
  • Euphorbia prostrata var. caudirhiza Fosberg
  • Euphorbia prostrata var. vestita Engelm. ex Boiss.
  • Euphorbia ramosa var. villosior Greenm.
  • Euphorbia tenella Kunth
  • Euphorbia trichogona Bertol.
  • Tithymalus prostratus (Ait.) Samp.

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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.