Euphorbia prostrata

Prostrate sandmat, Prostrate Sandmat

Family: Euphorbiaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Prostrate sandmat is a naturalized annual found in southern California floristic province in disturbed areas at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from June to November, this plant produces white petal-like appendages surrounding tiny clusters of flowers. Growing with prostrate stems that repeatedly fork and spread horizontally, reaching up to 10 to 15 centimeters long and typically two-faced in appearance. Its opposite leaves are small, ranging 3 to 11 millimeters long, ovate to elliptic with fine teeth and slightly asymmetric bases. The fruit is a small spherical structure less than 1.5 millimeters wide, covered in fine hairs.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jun-Nov

Elevation: < 1000+ m

Bioregions: s CA-FP

California counties: Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, San Bernardino, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Tuolumne, Alameda, San Joaquin, Marin

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.