About Euphorbia paralias L.
Euphorbia paralias L. is an erect, glaucous perennial herb that grows up to 70 centimetres (28 inches) tall. It produces many stems that divide into 3–5 fertile branches, each of which branches again. Cauline leaves, which grow directly from the stem without stalks, are crowded and overlapping. They are elliptic-ovate, becoming more ovate toward the tops of stems, fleshy, and measure 5–20 millimetres (0.2–0.8 inches) long. Leaves growing on fertile branches are shaped like circular-rhombic or reniform. Its flower heads form solitary cyathia located in upper stem forks or at stem apices, and are surrounded by bell-shaped bracts. Female flowers have styles that split into two short stigmas, and this species flowers from September to May. Its fruit is a capsule that is either flattened from above or nearly spherical, marked by deep furrows, and wrinkled along its keels. Seeds are ovoid, pale grey, and smooth, with a kidney-shaped fleshy outgrowth growing from the seed coat. This species grows on sandy sea shores.
