Plants Profile for Chamaesyce nutans (eyebane)

General Information
Symbol:	CHNU9
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N HI I L48 N PR N VI N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Peru, Lima. Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

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: 468. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CHMA11	Chamaesyce maculata auct. non (L.) Small
CHPR9	Chamaesyce preslii (Guss.) Arthur
EUMA14	Euphorbia maculata auct. non L.
EUNU	Euphorbia nutans Lag.
EUPR6	Euphorbia preslii Guss.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 nutans (Lag.) Small – eyebane

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Chamaesyce nutans eyebane nodding spurge Euphorbia nutans eyebane This plant and synonym italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

EUNU Euphorbia nutans Lag.

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FAC

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU

Related Links

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ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (CHNU9)
CalPhotos (CHNU9)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (CHMA11)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (CHNU9)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (CHPR9)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (EUNU)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (EUPR6)
Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (CHNU9)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (CHNU9)
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (CHNU9)
USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (CHNU9)
University of Tennessee Herbarium (Distribution) (CHNU9)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (CHNU9)

Wildlife

Food

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover