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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce polygonifolia (L.) Small
seaside spurge
Chamaesyce: ancient Greek Chamai meaning "on the ground" for a kind of prostrate plant
polygonifolia: polys for "many, frequent, much;" folia for "leaf"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | sprawling, annual, hairless, widely-branched or mat-forming forb with milky juice |
| Flower: | 4-parted, no petals or sepals but surrounded by petal-like parts; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 3-lobed capsule with 3 plump, gray, smooth seeds  |
| Leaf: | opposite, linear-oblong with no teeth |
| Habitat: | dunes, beaches; in sandy soil along Lake Michigan |
| (Glossary) |
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