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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Snow-on-the-mountain

Species Name: Euphorbia marginata

Family Name: Euphorbiaceae

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin North America
Sun Preference Full aun
Susceptibility None Serious
Duration Annual
Distribution in the U.S. Montana and Minnesota south to Texas and New Mexico
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Habitat Recent disturbances such as construction sites, in waste areas and in overgrazed pastures
Soil Preference Clay; native to dry prairies, upland fields, and pastures
Successional Stage Early
Notes This plant is gaining popularity as a cultivated garden plant; milky sap can be a skin irritant

 

 

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