Common name:
Irish spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia hyberna
Main flower color:
Range:
South Ireland and scattered locations in southwest England, in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Open woodland and long grassland
Flowers:
Arranged in an umbel, of three to six rays, each typically with three flowers, and each of those are subtended by a pair of leaf-like bracts. The five hypanthium glands are yellow and hairless, with rounded edges
Fruit:
Hairless green spheres, covered with rounded warts
Leaves:
Alternate, hairless, ovate, stalkless, with a prominent, white midvein and fainter, irregular pinnate side veins. Up to 10 cm long. Leaves taper towards the base
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
