Mediterranean Spurge
Scientific name: Euphorbia characias L.
Diagnostic features
Densely pubescent, tufted perennial.
Stems biennial, with inflorescences arising from tops in 2nd year, to 1.5m.
Leaves of first-year stems oblanceolate, entire, pubescent.
Capsule smooth, pubescent.
Seeds smooth.
Chromosome number: (2n=20).
Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown in gardens, naturalized on old garden sites and waste ground.
This species is keyed out on Page 2081 in the Text Key.
Key to the subspecies:
a. Glands on cyathia dark reddish-brown, with short points.
................... Euphorbia characias characias.
b. Glands on cyathia yellowish, with long points.
................... Euphorbia characias veneta.
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