PLANTS Profile for Chamaesyce nutans (eyebane)

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Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small
eyebane


Symbol:		CHNU9
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Euphorbiaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Native

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Euphorbia nutans

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Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

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Plant Synonyms:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

	CHMA11	Chamaesyce maculata auct. non (L.) Small [misapplied]
	CHPR9	Chamaesyce preslii (Guss.) Arthur
	EUMA14	Euphorbia maculata auct. non L. [misapplied]
	EUNU	Euphorbia nutans Lag.
	EUPR6	Euphorbia preslii Guss.

Plant Distribution by State:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

State Distributional Map for Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

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	AL AR CA DC FL GA IA KS KY LA MI MN MO MS ND NE NJ	NY OH OK PA SD TN TX VA WI

Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 90 species in Chamaesyce

Classification:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae –
Order	Euphorbiales –
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Chamaesyce S.F. Gray – sandmat
Species	Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small – eyebane

Invasive Information:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

nodding spurge
Euphorbia nutans Lag.
eyebane

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

EUNU : Euphorbia nutans

Nat. Ind.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501442.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).