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Scientific name:

Euphorbia dulcis

Vernacular name:

Spurge, Sweet


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Sweet Spurge

Scientific name: Euphorbia dulcis L.

Diagnostic features
Sparsely pubescent to subglabrous perennial with strong rhizomes.
Stems erect, to 50cm.
Leaves oblong- or elliptic-oblanceolate, tapered to ± sessile base, entire to serrulate.
Capsules with prominent cylindrical papillae, glabrous; seeds smooth.

Chromosome number: (2n=12, 18, 24, 28).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; in shady places.

Distribution
Very scattered in Britain, in East Ross since 1894; Europe.

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

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