Euphorbiaceae
Hato tejas
Microstachys corniculata
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Microstachys
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hato tejas
Synonyms
- Cnemidostachys acalyphoides Mart. & Zucc.
- Cnemidostachys campestris Mart. ex Baill.
- Cnemidostachys dubia Wawra
- Cnemidostachys pahlii Spreng.
- Cnemidostachys patula Mart.
- Cnemidostachys patula f. dubia (Wawra) Wawra
- Cnemidostachys prostrata Mart. & Zucc.
- Cnemidostachys sellowiana Klotzsch ex Baill.
- Cnemidostachys tragioides Mart. & Zucc.
- Cnemidostachys velutina Klotzsch ex Baill.
- Microstachys acalyphoides (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
- Microstachys bicornis A.Juss.
- Microstachys fruticulosa (H.Karst.) H.Karst.
- Microstachys guianensis Klotzsch
- Microstachys micrantha Benth.
- Microstachys polymorpha Müll.Arg.
- Microstachys prostrata (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
- Microstachys tragioides (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
- Microstachys vahlii (Spreng.) A.Rich.
- Sebastiania boliviana Rusby
- Sebastiania corniculata (Vahl) Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata f. discopoda Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata f. fallax Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata f. olfersiana Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata f. ovata Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata f. velutina Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. acalyphoides (Mart.) Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. angustifolia Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. blepharophylla Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. campestris (Baill.) Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. egensis Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. erecta Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. fallax (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. guianensis (Klotzsch) Pax
- Sebastiania corniculata var. hassleriana Chodat
- Sebastiania corniculata var. heterophylla Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. micrantha (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. microdendron Müll.Arg.
- Sebastiania corniculata var. obtusifolia Müll.Arg.
and 44 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: luds, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pedrogcoscarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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.