Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia thymifolia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 千根草, 小飞扬, 小飞扬草, 小飞羊草, 细叶地锦草
- gor
- Idu
- Indonesian
- Patikan cina
- Malayalam
- നിലപ്പാല
- szy
- Nipaluman-biyang
- Tamil
- அம்மான்பச்சரிசி
- Thai
- น้ำนมราชสีห์เล็ก
Synonyms
- Anisophyllum thymifolium (L.) Haw.
- Aplarina microphylla (Lam.) Raf.
- Chamaesyce mauritiana Commers. ex Denis
- Chamaesyce microphylla (Lam.) Soják
- Chamaesyce rubrosperma Millsp.
- Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.
- Chamaesyce thymifolia f. suffrutescens (Boiss.) Hurus.
- Euphorbia aegyptiaca var. annobonensis Mildbr.
- Euphorbia afzelii N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia botryoides Noronha
- Euphorbia foliata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
- Euphorbia microphylla Lam.
- Euphorbia philippina J.Gay ex Boiss.
- Euphorbia rubicunda Blume
- Euphorbia rubrosperma Lotsy
- Euphorbia thymifolia f. laxifoliata Chodat & Hassl.
- Euphorbia thymifolia var. disticha Nutt.
- Euphorbia thymifolia var. suffrutescens Boiss.
- Euphorbia thymifolia var. viridis Basum. & S.Baruah
Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Satheesan.vn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.