White-Margined Sandmat

White-Margined Sandmat, White-Margined Spurge, Rattlesnake Weed

Eurphorbia albomarginata Torr. and A. Gray

[also lised as Chamaescyce albomarginata (Torr. and A. Gray) Small]

Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae)

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White-Margined Sandmat:

Has small, oval, medium-green leaves with pointed tips and no teeth or purple spots or hairs to distinguish it from Prostrate Spurge, Spotted Spurge, Spreading Sandmat and Mat Spurge
Stems are green to pinkish red and do not root at the nodes; no hairs on stems
Cyathia (flowers) are small (about 1/8 inch diameter or smaller) and have white-petal-like appendages that are visible and somewhat showy
Capsule is smooth, with long, deeply-divided stigma lobes and cyathia are not split open much at fruiting; similar Creeping Spurge has shorter stigma lobes and more rounded leaf tips, and is more common midwest than white-margined spurge, which is more common in southwestern U.S., and is found only in the very southwestern midwest states