English: Asthma Weed, Cats Hair

German: Behaarte Wolfsmilch

Portuguese: Erva-de-santa-luzia

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1545)

      Order: Euphorbiales (59)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (60) (family description)

          Genus: Chamaesyce (4)

           Epithet: hirta (L.) Millsp. (7)

Synonym: Euphorbia hirta L.

hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, orange, beige

Check for Chamaesyce hirta at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [214] Chamaesyce hirta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1292] Chamaesyce hirta - Plants For A Future

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.

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