Cumberland Spurge, Mercury Spurge - Euphorbia mercurialina
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Euphorbia mercurialina - Cumberland Spurge, Mercury Spurge. The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA 03/21/2009
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Distribution of Euphorbia mercurialina in the United States and Canada:
Blue=Native; Grey=Introduced
Map from USDA Plants Database:
USDA, NRCS. 2017. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 16 Jan 2025). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
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| | Site: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA Date: 2009-March-21 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson | | The "flowers" are not showy. What appears to be an individual flower of plants in the genus Euphorbia is technically a "cyathium" - a compound structure that contains a female flower and several male flowers. | | 
| | Site: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA Date: 2012-March-11 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000 | | | | Click on the photo for a larger image
| | Site: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-March-29 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro | | While individual flowers don't usually stand out, the paler, almost yellow-green foliage of a colony of Euphorbia mercurialana can stand out comparing with the darker greens surrounding it in the forest. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
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