Horned Spurge - Euphorbia brachycera
Other Names:
Euphorbia robusta
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Small perennial from a branched caudex. Stems erect, 8–20 cm, simple. Herbage glabrous to puberulent (Carbon Co.). Leaves alternate, ovate with acute tips, entire, 6–15 mm long. Inflorescence a dichotomously branched umbel with leaf-like bracts. Cyathia 2–3 mm long, glands with yellow to red, lunate appendages. Capsule 3–5 mm long, papillose (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Usually sandy or gravelly soil of grasslands, sagebrush steppe, woodlands; plains, valleys (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).