Broad-leaved Spurge - Euphorbia platyphyllos
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Broad-leaved Spurge - Euphorbia platyphyllos | dylan | North Somerset | 1 Oct 2021, 12:23 p.m. | 26 Sep 2021, 4:35 p.m. | |
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Broad-leaved Spurge - Euphorbia platyphyllos | dylan | North Somerset | 1 Oct 2021, 12:23 p.m. | 26 Sep 2021, 4:35 p.m. | |
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Broad-leaved Spurge - Euphorbia platyphyllos | dylan | North Somerset | 1 Oct 2021, 12:23 p.m. | 26 Sep 2021, 4:35 p.m. |
Species Description
Widespread and fairly frequent as a casual in the South following a line from East Anglia to the Bristol Region, elsewhere it is scattered and scarce. Habitat includes: On calcareous clays, sometimes lighter chalk / limestone soils in places such as field margins, roadside verges, spoil heaps, woodland margins etc. Growing habit: Annual. Height: Up to 30 cm. Flowers: June to September. It has declined massively and continues to do so due to agricultural intensification. Seed can remain dormant in the soil for a very long time.
NBN list:
species aggregate:
- Euphorbia esula agg.
- Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg.
species:
- Euphorbia amygdaloides
- Euphorbia arguta
- Euphorbia ceratocarpa
- Euphorbia characias
- Euphorbia corallioides
- Euphorbia cuneifolia
- Euphorbia cyparissias
- Euphorbia dulcis
- Euphorbia esula
- Euphorbia exigua
- Euphorbia falcata
- Euphorbia griffithii
- Euphorbia helioscopia
- Euphorbia hirta
- Euphorbia hyberna
- Euphorbia lathyris
- Euphorbia maculata
- Euphorbia mellifera
- Euphorbia myrsinites
- Euphorbia oblongata
- Euphorbia paralias
- Euphorbia peplis
- Euphorbia peplus
- Euphorbia platyphyllos
- Euphorbia polychroma
- Euphorbia portlandica
- Euphorbia segetalis
- Euphorbia serpens
- Euphorbia serrulata
- Euphorbia spinosa
- Euphorbia taurinensis
- Euphorbia tithymaloides
- Euphorbia valerianifolia
- Euphorbia villosa
- Euphorbia waldsteinii
species hybrid:
- Euphorbia cyparissias x waldsteinii = E. x gayeri
- Euphorbia esula x cyparissias = E. x pseudoesula
- Euphorbia esula x waldsteinii = E. x pseudovirgata
- Euphorbia portlandica x paralias