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§1 Plant
Euphorbia peplus L.
vernacular petty spurge — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Euphorbia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 181 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 181 counties across 28 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
California view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Sonoma 06097
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/EUPE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3066386 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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