Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

English: Asthma Weed, Cats Hair

German: Behaarte Wolfsmilch

Portuguese: Erva-de-santa-luzia

Kingdom: Plantae (2586)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)

      Order: Malpighiales (98)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)

          Genus: Chamaesyce (4)

            Epithet: hirta (L.) Millsp. (10)

Synonym: Euphorbia hirta L.

hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, orange, beige

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• [214] Chamaesyce hirta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1292] Chamaesyce hirta - Plants For A Future

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.