Euphorbia crenulata Engelm.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Pertinent Synonyms & Notes (particularly those used in California; go to GRIN for other synonyms)
none
Pertinent Common Names (particularly those used in California; go to GRIN for other common names)
Chinese caps
Primary Disseminule Type
seed (with or without caruncle)
Description (diagnostics are in brown)
Fruit a capsule, oblong, three-lobed, 3–3.5 mm long, glabrous.
Seed oblong in outline, mildly compressed, cross-section elliptic, 2–2.5 mm long x 1.5–2 mm wide x 1.4–2 mm thick. Surface dull, glabrous, minutely pitted (seen under magnification), sculptured with raised netting—netting light to dark orangish-brown, matrix light to dark gray. Caruncle absent or present, cream-colored to orangish. A prominent seam (raphe) on the ventral side connects the hilum to a depressed ring in the chalazal area.
Hilum variable in shape and size.
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Risk Assessment (codes in yellow or red indicate cause for concern; assessments are current as of mid-2011; click AUQP, NZBORIC, or NZBPI for access to the most recent versions of these databases and possible assessment changes)
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