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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce geyeri (Engelm.) Small
Geyer's sand-mat, Geyer's spurge
Chamaesyce: ancient Greek Chamai meaning "on the ground" for a kind of prostrate plant
geyeri: for Carl Andreas Geyer (1809-1853)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | sprawling, annual, 4"-12" tall forb, leaves and stems hairless, simply branched from the base, milky juice |
| Flower: | white, no petals or sepals; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 3-lobed capsule with 3 smooth, roundly 3-angled seeds  |
| Leaf: | oblong to widely-elliptical, with smooth edges |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, dunes; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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