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Updated 12/18/2012

Family Euphorbiaceae

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

FLORIDA KEYS - NATIVE

Euphorbia heterophylla

Makapu'u Lighthouse Road, Oahu

Kaloko, Hawaii

DESERT or WILD POINSETTIA    KALIKO

Stout annual herb of dry disturbed habitats.  Base of floral leaves green, white, or purple-spotted, never red.  Native to the Americas.