- Family:
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Euphorbia L.
Euphorbia hypericifolia L.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–2700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Chickenweed, Pimpinela blanca
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2700 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Ecology
- Alt. 0 - 2700 m.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- canchalagua, palomitas, pimpinela blanca
[FWTA]
Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- An erect, branched annual herb, to 18 in. high
- Note
- An introduced weed.
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Arkansas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Burkina, Burundi, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., Eritrea, Fiji, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iowa, Italy, Ivory Coast, Korea, Kriti, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niue, Pakistan, Phoenix Is., Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tokelau-Manihiki, Wake I., West Himalaya
- Anisophyllum hypericifolium (L.) Haw.
- Chamaesyce boliviana (Rusby) Croizat
- Chamaesyce glomerifera Millsp.
- Chamaesyce hypericifolia (L.) Millsp.
- Euphorbia boliviana Rusby
- Euphorbia cuspidata Bertol.
- Euphorbia glomerifera (Millsp.) L.C.Wheeler
- Euphorbia hypericifolia var. maculata Klotzsch
- Euphorbia papilligera Boiss.
- English
- Chickenweed
- Spanish
- Pimpinela blanca.
Euphorbia hypericifolia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 2008 | Pringle, C.G. [3191], San Luis Potosí | K000476513 | No | ||
Nov 30, 1962 | Dekindt [1046], Angola | K000253164 | Yes | ||
Bang, M. [2907], Bolivia | K000253892 | isotype | Yes | ||
Matthews [502], Peru | K000253893 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [6532], Ecuador | K000201865 | Yes | |||
Peru | K000325781 | Yes | |||
Peru | K000326105 | Yes | |||
Peru | K000326110 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001494603 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001494604 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494605 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494606 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494607 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494608 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494609 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494610 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494611 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494612 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494613 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494614 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494616 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494617 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494618 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494619 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494620 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494621 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494622 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494623 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494624 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494625 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001494626 | Yes | |||
Milne [13], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210529 | Yes | ||
Claussen, P. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210536 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210542 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [8230], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210550 | Yes | ||
Hooker [s.n.] | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210544 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [748], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210551 | Yes | ||
Ule, E. [7813], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210546 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [1676], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210543 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210533 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [8428], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210552 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210527 | Yes | ||
Blanchet [3716], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210547 | Yes | ||
Trail, J.W.H. [720], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210538 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [3789], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210548 | Yes | ||
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210531 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [748], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210549 | Yes | ||
Gardner, G. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210528 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [1670], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210539 | Yes | ||
Gillivray, J.M. [285], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210530 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [9056-2], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210545 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [307], Suriname | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210535 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [1327], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210553 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210534 | Yes | ||
Tweedie [1255], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210537 | Yes | ||
Prance, G.T. [11159], Brazil | Euphorbia glomerifera | K001210532 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 454 (1753)
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