| Author | Michaux | |
| Distribution | Mostly Mountains and Piedmont; disjunct to Pender County. Specimens from Mitchell, Surry, Catawba, and Buncombe (mixed sheet) counties are probably E. davidii and need an ID check.
Native west of the Appalachians; adventive eastward. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, railroads, river bank, disturbed ground. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
| Identification | Toothed Spurge is very similar to E. davidii, differing in its smaller capsules and seeds, more lance-shaped leaves, and longer hairs (FNA). Both species may have basal, pale, whitish to dark reddish blotches on the leaflike bracts at the inflorescences. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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