Euphorbia hirta L.

English: Asthma Weed, Cats Hair

German: Behaarte Wolfsmilch

Portuguese: Erva-de-santa-luzia

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

          Genus: Euphorbia (30)

            Epithet: hirta L. (10)

Synonyms: Chamaesyce gemella (Lag.) Small, Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp., Chamaesyce karwinskyi (Boiss.) Millsp., Chamaesyce pekinensis (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto, Chamaesyce pilulifera (Koidz.) H.Hara, Chamaesyce rosei Millsp., Desmonema hirta (L.) Raf., Ditrita hirta (L.) Raf., Ditritea hirta (L.) Raf., Ditritra hirta (L.) Raf., Euphorbia bancana Miq., Euphorbia capitata Lam., Euphorbia chrysochaeta W.Fitzg., Euphorbia gemella Lag., Euphorbia globulifera Kunth, Euphorbia hirta L.C.Wheeler, Euphorbia karwinskyi Boiss., Euphorbia nodiflora Steud., Euphorbia obliterata Jacq., Euphorbia pilulifera Domin, Euphorbia verticillata Vell.

bancana => of or from the island of Pulau Banca, Sumatra, Indonesia

capitata => head-shaped, as ahead of composite bloom

globulifera => bearing small balls

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

nodiflora => flowers at the nodes

pekinensis => from Beijing

verticillata => whorled, three or more leaves springing from the same point

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.