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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce serpyllifolia (Pers.) Small
thyme-leaved spurge
Chamaesyce: ancient Greek Chamai meaning "on the ground" for a kind of prostrate plant
serpyllifolia: with leaves like those of thyme, Serpyllum
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | sprawling, annual, 4"-16" tall forb, hairless, with many branches, very leafy, milky juice |
| Flower: | 4-parted, no petals or sepals but surrounded by petal-like parts; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 3-angled capsule, the 3 seeds smooth to pitted and 4 angled  |
| Leaf: | broadly oblong with finely toothed tips |
| Habitat: | dry; in rocky soil |
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