General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 4 - 12 inches (15-20cm)
Flowers: Inconspicuous
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: Green
Other: yellow green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Uses: Medicinal Herb
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.
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ

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Common names
  • Petty Spurge
  • Euphorbia
  • Radium Weed
  • Cancer Weed
  • Milkweed

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Location: Tossa de Mar, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Tossa de Mar, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
credit: Jan Eckstein
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 17, 2012
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-31
Self set in a flower pot.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 18, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 18, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 18, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 17, 2012

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