| Stillingia aquatica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Stillingia |
| Species: | S. aquatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Stillingia aquatica | |
Stillingia aquatica, known as water toothleaf and corkwood, is a flowering shrub in the genus Stillingia that grows in the Southeastern United States in parts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. [1] It is in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae . [2] [3] Stillingia aquatica was described by Alvan Wentworth Chapman in 1860. [4]