Plants › Spurge Family
green poinsettia
Euphorbia dentata
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
David's spurgeEuphorbia davidii
painted spurgeEuphorbia heterophylla
wild poinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia schiedeana
hairy-fruit spurgeEuphorbia cuphosperma
Common Three-seeded MercuryAcalypha rhomboidea
False DaisyEclipta prostrata
Tropic CrotonCroton glandulosus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 6,854 |
|---|---|
| United States | 6,440 |
| Oklahoma | 334 |
| Illinois | 289 |
| Missouri | 283 |
| Indiana | 274 |
| Arkansas | 243 |
| Kansas | 174 |
| Pennsylvania | 159 |
| Kentucky | 144 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Nances, Willows, and Allies · Malpighiales |
| Family | Spurge Family · Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus | Spurges · Euphorbia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise green poinsettia with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.