Common name:
Broad-leaved spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia platyphyllos
Main flower color:
Range:
Southern England
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Fields, woodland margins, damp places
Flowers:
Five greenish-yellow glands subtended by a pair of leaf-like bracts, centred on a lobed stigma that elongates to form the fruit
Fruit:
Rounded, greyish-green, covered with hemispherical warts
Leaves:
Opposite, ovate, blunt-pointed at the tip and with shallow cordate lobes at the base. Margins are lined by tiny teeth, especially for leaves towards the top of the stem. Upper surfaces are hairless, lower surfaces long-hairy
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
