Plants Profile for Euphorbia cyathophora (fire on the mountain)

General Information
Symbol:	EUCY
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	HI I L48 N PB I PR N VI N
Other Common Names:	Mexican fire plant
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
EUBA12	Euphorbia barbellata Engelm.
EUGR18	Euphorbia graminifolia Michx.
EUHA10	Euphorbia havanensis Willd. ex Boiss.
EUHEB	Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. barbellata (Engelm.) Holz.
EUHEC	Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. cyathophora (Murray) Griseb.
EUHEG	Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. graminifolia (Michx.) Engelm.
POBA12	Poinsettia barbellata (Engelm.) Small
POCY5	Poinsettia cyathophora (Murray) Klotzsch & Garcke
POCYG	Poinsettia cyathophora (Murray) Klotzsch & Garcke var. graminifolia (Michx.) Mohlenbr.
POGR25	Poinsettia graminifolia (Michx.) Millsp.
POHA9	Poinsettia havanensis (Willd. ex Boiss.) Small

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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	Euphorbia L. – spurge
Species	Euphorbia cyathophora Murray – fire on the mountain

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Euphorbia cyathophora fire-on-the-mountain This plant can be weedy or invasive according to 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 weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FACU
Hawaii	FACU

North America
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	UPL
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	UPL