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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Euphorbia ocellata
|accepted_authority=Durand & Hilgard
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pl. Heermann.,
|place=46. 1854
|year=1854
}}
|common_names=Contura Creek sandmat
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaesyce ocellata
|authority=(Durand & Hilgard) Millspaugh
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia ocellata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euphorbia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia ocellata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 254, 258
|treatment_page=page 279
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with taproot. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, 10–35 cm, glabrous or pilose. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules distinct, subulate, 0.5–1.6 mm, glabrous or pilose; petiole 0.3–2 mm, glabrous or pilose; blade ovate to deltate or falcate, 2.3–13 × 1.5–6 mm, base asymmetric, usually cordate, rarely rounded, margins occasionally reddish, entire, often revolute, apex acute to obtuse, occasionally mucronate, surfaces glabrous or pilose; midvein conspicuous, lateral veins frequently visible abaxially. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary at distal nodes; peduncle 0.9–2.2 mm. <b>Involucre</b> campanulate, 1–2.5 × 1.3–2.4 mm, glabrous or pilose; glands 4, yellow becoming deep red, elliptic or oblong to orbiculate, 0.4–0.6 × 0.5–0.7 mm; appendages absent or whitish, orbiculate, 0.1–0.2 × 0.3–0.5 mm, distal margin entire. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 30–70. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary glabrous or pilose; styles 0.4–0.5 mm, 2-fid at apex. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose to broadly ovoid, 1.4–2.7 × 1.9–3.1 mm, glabrous or pilose; columella 1.4–2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> whitish gray to black, ovoid to oblong, terete to bluntly subangled in cross section, 1.1–1.7 × 0.8–1.3 mm, rugose or smooth.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Utah
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems, leaves, ovaries, and capsules glabrous; involucral gland appendages absent.
|[[Euphorbia ocellata subsp. ocellata|Euphorbia ocellata subsp. ocellata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems, leaves, ovaries, and capsules pilose; involucral gland appendages present.
|[[Euphorbia ocellata subsp. rattanii|Euphorbia ocellata subsp. rattanii]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euphorbia ocellata
|authority=Durand & Hilgard
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chamaesyce ocellata
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Utah
|reference=None
|publication title=Pl. Heermann.,
|publication year=1854
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_965.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia ocellata
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