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Euphorbiaceae

Queen's-delight

Stillingia sylvatica L.

Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Stillingia

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Queen's-delight: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12531518
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
بهجة الملكات
English
Queen's-delight
German
Stillingiaöl

Synonyms

  • Ditrysinia sylvatica Raf.
  • Ditrysinia sylvatica (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Excoecaria sylvatica Baill.
  • Sapium sylvaticum Torr.
  • Stillingia angustifolia Engl. ex S.Watson
  • Stillingia lanceolata Nutt.
  • Stillingia salicifolia (Torr.) Raf.
  • Stillingia salicifolia Small
  • Stillingia smallii Wooton & Standl.
  • Stillingia spathulata (Müll.Arg.) Small
  • Stillingia sylvatica f. major Müll.Arg.
  • Stillingia sylvatica f. minor Müll.Arg.
  • Stillingia sylvatica subsp. sylvatica
  • Stillingia sylvatica var. angustifolia Müll.Arg.
  • Stillingia sylvatica var. genuina Müll.Arg.
  • Stillingia sylvatica var. salicifolia Torr.
  • Stillingia sylvatica var. spathulata Müll.Arg.
  • Stillingia sylvatica var. sylvatica

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.