Index / Search / Euphorbia brachycera
§1 Plant
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
vernacular horned spurge — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Euphorbia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 94 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 94 counties across 7 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Custer 08027
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Park 08093
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Montana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/EUBR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3063950 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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