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Scientific name:

Euphorbia serrulata

Vernacular name:

Spurge, Upright


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Upright Spurge

Scientific name: Euphorbia serrulata Thuill.

Diagnostic features
Glabrous erect annual to 80cm.
Leaves as in Euphorbia platyphyllos but narrower though often cordate at base.
Capsules with prominent cylindrical papillae, glabrous.
Seeds smooth.

Chromosome number: (2n=20, 28).

Habitat
Native.

Distribution
Limestone woods in c.10 places in West Gloucs and Mons, naturalized rarely in SouthEngland from South Somerset to West Kent.

This species is keyed out on Page 2077 in the Text Key.

Euphorbia serrulata (Spurge, Upright)
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