EPPO Global Database

Euphorbia prostrata(EPHPT)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EPHPT
  • Preferred name: Euphorbia prostrata
  • Authority: Aiton

Notes

USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest to Bolivia and Argentina, eastern Brazil. Introduced in Euromediterranean region, Western Asia (Iran, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Thailand), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Tchad to Ethiopia, Sénégal to Nigeria and Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, Angola to Mozambique, Australia (except South, Victoria, Tasmania)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small

Common names
Name Language
blueweed English
ground spurge English (US)
hairy creeping milkweed English (AU)
prostrate sandmat English
prostrate spurge English
red caustic creeper English
red causticcreeper English (AU)
trailing red spurge English
hingestreckte Wolfsmilch German
euphorbe prostrée French
hierba de la golondrina Spanish (HN)
leche de sapo Spanish
euforbia prostrata Italian
quebra-pedra-rasteira Portuguese (BR)
hainishikisō Japanese
ハイニシキソー Japanese
хамасице распростертая Russian
yayık sütleğen Turkish
chalavluv poshet Hebrew
chalavluv poshet Hebrew
חֲלַבְלוּב פּוֹשֵׁט Hebrew
חֲלַבְלוּב פּוֹשֵׁט Hebrew
lleterola prostrada Catalan
mličer  Croatian
plazeči mleček Slovene