Euphorbia nutansLag.

nodding spurge

WFO wfo-0000963628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-12 / obs. 175919011
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 179702368
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by saltyhiker
fig. c saltyhiker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167619414
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Jeff D Hansen
fig. d Jeff D Hansen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158929781
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Jeff D Hansen
fig. e Jeff D Hansen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158929928
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. f Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162915972
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. g Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164094605
Euphorbia nutans, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. h Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159320126

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Flowering n = 410 observations

Peak flowering in Aug, from 410 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chamaesyce lansingii Millsp.
  • Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small
  • Chamaesyce nutans var. glaberrima Boiss.
  • Chamaesyce preslii (Guss.) Arthur
  • Euphorbia androsaemifolia C.Presl
  • Euphorbia gibraltarica Wolley-Dod
  • Euphorbia hypericifolia var. communis Engelm.
  • Euphorbia lansingii (Millsp.) Brühl
  • Euphorbia nutans var. glaberrima Thell.
  • Euphorbia potosina var. lamasis Carvajal & Lomelí
  • Euphorbia preslii Guss.
  • Euphorbia preslii var. andicola Danguy & Cherm.
  • Euphorbia preslii var. glaberrima Boiss.
  • Euphorbia pseudonutans Thell.
  • Euphorbia refracta Lowe
  • Euphorbia trinervis Bertol.
  • Tithymalus nutans (Lag.) Samp.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.