Chamaesyce nutans

A common weed in Indiana. It also occurs in the southwest. This species in its usual circumscription is not clearly distinct from C. hyssopifolia. It seems likely to me that C. nutans sensu stricto is an exclusively Mexican taxon.

Flowers north of Bloomington, IN, 8/30/03.

Adaxial leaf surface north of Bloomington, IN, 8/30/03.

Abaxial leaf surface north of Bloomington, IN, 8/30/03.