Euphorbiaceae
Warty spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Warty spurge, Reticulate seeded spurge, Spatulate leaved spurge
Synonyms
- Euphorbia arkansana Engelm. & Gray
- Euphorbia arkansana var. atrosemina Norton
- Euphorbia arkansana var. coloradensis Norton
- Euphorbia arkansana var. missouriensis Norton
- Euphorbia dictyosperma Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Euphorbia dictyosperma var. mexicana Engelm.
- Euphorbia dictyosperma var. multicaulis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Euphorbia mexicana (Engelm.) Norton
- Euphorbia missouriensis Small
- Euphorbia multicaulis Engelm.
- Euphorbia obtusata Pursh
- Euphorbia pseudopeplus Speg.
- Euphorbia spathulata var. mexicana (Engelm.) Oudejans
- Galarhoeus arkansanus (Engelm. & A.Gray) Small ex Rydb.
- Galarhoeus missouriensis (Norton) Rydb.
- Galarhoeus obtusatus (Pursh) Small ex Rydb.
- Keraselma spathulata (Lam.) Raf.
- Keraselma spatulatum (Lam.) Raf.
- Pythius obtusata (Pursh) Raf.
- Tithymalus arkansanus (Engelm. & A.Gray) Klotzsch & Garcke
- Tithymalus arkansanus var. coloradensis Rydb.
- Tithymalus dictyospermus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) A.Heller
- Tithymalus mexicanus (Engelm.) Wooton & Standl.
- Tithymalus missouriensis (Norton) Small
- Tithymalus obtusatus (Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke
- Tithymalus pseudopeplus (Speg.) Soják
- Tithymalus spathulatus (Lam.) W.A.Weber
- Xamesike deltifolia Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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: 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: 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: Adam J. Searcy, 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.