General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 1- 4 Feet
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.
Pollinators: Flies

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Common names
  • Gopher Spurge
  • Mole Plant
  • Caper Spurge
  • Myrtle Spurge
  • Euphorbia

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Location: Raulston Arboretum  NC State Univ  Raleigh, NC
Date: 2024-02-13
Location: Chuelles, France
Date: 2021-06-24
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-22

Date: 2013-03-15
Location: Stanton Hall garden and nursery, Northumberland
Date: 2013-06-26
Uploaded by mrbrownthumbs
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: My back Yard
Date: May 26, 2013 11:00am
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: Twisp
Date: July
Location: my brothers garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: Apr 22, 2007 7:05 PM

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez
Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-05-22
Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-05-22
Location: Bide A Wee cottage garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-05-25

Date: 2013-03-15
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-02-15
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-03-12
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-23
Location: Twisp
Location: Home
Date: 2012-04-24 
May deter gophers if hundreds were planted.

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-05-22
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