Euphorbia schizoloba

Mojave spurge

Family: Euphorbiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Mojave spurge is a California native perennial found in the western and desert mountains in rocky or sandy slopes at elevations of 1,000 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small yellow-green glandular structures in clustered cyathia. Growing with multiple decumbent to erect stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it has a distinctive branching pattern with leaves arranged in whorls of 3 to 5 near the stem tips. Its leaves are elliptic to ovate, 6 to 20 millimeters long, with entire margins and obtuse or acute tips. The fruit is an oblong, lobed structure 4 to 5 millimeters long, bearing white to gray seeds with a subtle net-like surface.

Habitat: Rocky or sandy slopes

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 1000-2300 m

Bioregions: W&ampI, DMtns

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo

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