Common name:
Dwarf spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia exigua
Main flower color:
Range:
Most common in south and southeast England; also found in Wales, Ireland and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Cultivated fields, especially on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Greenish-yellow hypanthia with crescent-shaped, reddish-yellow glands, subtended by a pair of lanceolate bracts. In pairs, each subtended by two larger bracts, while the overall inflorescence is formed of several pairs, with still larger bracts underneath
Fruit:
Smooth, green, three-chambered capsules
Leaves:
Entire, glaucous, glabrous, narrow, linear
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
