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Scientific name:

Euphorbia oblongata

Vernacular name:

Spurge, Balkan


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Balkan Spurge

Scientific name: Euphorbia oblongata Griseb.

Diagnostic features
Densely pubescent perennial with strong rhizomes.
Stems erect, to 90cm.
Leaves narrowly oblong-ovate or -obovate, sessile, serrulate.
Capsules with conspicuous mostly ± hemispherical papillae, glabrous.
Seeds smooth.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Well naturalized on grassy bank in South Hants since at least 1993, also Wight and North Essex; Balkans and Aegean.

This species is keyed out on Page 2078 in the Text Key.

Euphorbia oblongata (Spurge, Balkan)
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