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Scientific name:

Euphorbia hyberna

Vernacular name:

Spurge, Irish


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Irish Spurge

Scientific name: Euphorbia hyberna L.

Diagnostic features
Sparsely pubescent or rarely glabrous perennial with strong rhizomes.
Stems erect, to 60cm.
Leaves narrowly elliptic-oblong, sessile, entire.
Capsules with prominent cylindrical papillae, glabrous.
Seeds smooth.

Chromosome number: (2n=36).

Habitat
Native; woods, hedgerows, grassy places and stream-banks.

Distribution
Extremely local in West Cornwall, North Devon and South Somerset, frequent in most of Southwest Ireland, naturalized in Cards.

This species is keyed out on Page 2079 in the Text Key.

Euphorbia hyberna (Spurge, Irish)
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