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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce vermiculata (Raf.) House
hairy spurge, worm-seed sand-mat
Chamaesyce: ancient Greek Chamai meaning "on the ground" for a kind of prostrate plant
vermiculata: worm-like
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect to sprawling, annual, up to 16" long, hairy forb with milky juice |
| Flower: | 4-parted, no petals or sepals but surrounded by petal-like parts; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | smooth, strongly 3-lobed capsule with 3 gray to light brown seeds  |
| Leaf: | unevenly oblong to oval, toothed, 1/2-2/3 as wide as long |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas, roadsides, fields |
| (Glossary) |
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