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Painted spurge

Euphorbia heterophylla

IUCN: Least Concern
Painted spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Painted spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Ghati Karolan, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Euphorbia heterophylla
Family
Euphorbiaceae, order Malpighiales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A roadside herb with leaves of many shapes.

  • Spot it Variable leaves, milky sap and small green-yellow flower clusters.
  • Home Fields, roadsides and waste ground.
  • Food web Tiny flowers feed small insects.
  • Why it matters Quick ground cover that holds loose soil and offers flowers to small insects.

Read more: Euphorbia heterophylla on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2009 and 2026, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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