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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small
eye-bane, nodding spurge
Chamaesyce: ancient Greek Chamai meaning "on the ground" for a kind of prostrate plant
nutans: nodding or drooping, usually the flowers
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | more or less erect, annual, up to 32" tall forb, young leaves and stems hairy, milky juice; stems reddish |
| Flower: | 4-parted, no petals or sepals but surrounded by petal-like parts; blooms June-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 3-lobed capsule with 3 gray to light brown seeds |
| Leaf: | opposite, narrowly oblong, toothed, 1/3 as wide as long, often asymmetric |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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