Common name:
Caper spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia lathyris
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and southern Scotland. Possibly native in some areas but otherwise naturalised
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Hedgebanks, woodland
Flowers:
Tiny, cup-shaped, ringed by five crescent-shaped glands, subtended by a pair of much larger, leaf-like, lanceolate bracts. At either side are a pair of stalked, heart-shaped bracts
Fruit:
Caper-like, three-chambered capsules
Leaves:
Opposite, hairless, narrowly lanceolate, with rounded tips and a prominent, lighter-coloured midvein. Up to 20 cm long. Adjacent pairs are rotated by 90 degrees
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
