Index / Search / Chamaesyce serpens
§1 Plant
Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small
vernacular matted sandmat — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Chamaesyce
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 388 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 388 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Landry 22097
- Tensas 22107
- Vernon 22115
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Gasconade 29073
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Lafayette 29107
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Miller 29131
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Platte 29165
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Vernon 29217
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 104 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bandera 48019
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Cochran 48079
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Colorado 48089
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Denton 48121
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Glasscock 48173
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hale 48189
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Live Oak 48297
- Loving 48301
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Midland 48329
- Mills 48333
- Motley 48345
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Navarro 48349
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Polk 48373
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Schleicher 48413
- Starr 48427
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Upton 48461
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wharton 48481
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Zapata 48505
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHSE4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3064221 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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