PLANTS Profile for Chamaesyce vermiculata (wormseed sandmat)

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PLANTS Profile

Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House
wormseed sandmat

Symbol:

CHVE5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

Chamaesyce rafinesquei

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 467. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

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Synonyms:
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

	CHRA4	Chamaesyce rafinesquei (Greene) Arthur
	EUVE	Euphorbia vermiculata Raf.

Distribution:
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House


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USA (AZ, CT, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 90 species in Chamaesyce

Classification:
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Chamaesyce Gray – sandmat
Species	Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House – wormseed sandmat

More Accounts and Images:
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501468.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 12:03 PM CDT