Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia ophthalmica Pers.
Euphorbia ophthalmica Pers.
Euphorbia ophthalmica Pers. is a mat-forming, often weedy spurge with toxic sap, used in Mexican traditional medicine for skin conditions.
Euphorbia palustris L.
Euphorbia palustris L.
Euphorbia palustris (marsh spurge) is a toxic herbaceous perennial flowering plant popular for gardening, native to European and west Asian marshland.
Euphorbia paralias L.
Euphorbia paralias L.
Euphorbia paralias L. is a glaucous perennial plant that grows on sandy seashores, reaching up to 70 cm tall.
Euphorbia peplis L.
Euphorbia peplis L.
Euphorbia peplis L. is a small prostrate annual seaside plant found across Eurasian sea shores, now extinct in England.
Euphorbia peplus L.
Euphorbia peplus L.
Euphorbia peplus L. is an annual herb with documented medicinal uses, including a FDA-approved derivative for actinic keratosis.
Euphorbia pilosa L.
Euphorbia pilosa L.
Euphorbia pilosa L. is described with details like quinquefida, trifida, bifida umbella, ovate involucres, and lanceolate leaves; citations from Gmel., Barr., Bauh., etc. are also provided.
Euphorbia piscatoria Aiton
Euphorbia piscatoria Aiton
Euphorbia piscatoria (fish-stunning spurge) is a shrubby succulent flowering plant endemic to Madeira with CITES-regulated trade.
Euphorbia platyphyllos L.
Euphorbia platyphyllos L.
Euphorbia platyphyllos L. has descriptions in various works like Diss. euph., Hort. ups., etc., with details on its umbella shape, leaf characteristics, and has alternative names like Tithymalus arvensis latifolius germanicus and Tithymalus platyphyllos.
Euphorbia polycarpa Benth.
Euphorbia polycarpa Benth.
Euphorbia polycarpa, or smallseed sandmat, is a low-growing spurge native to dry areas of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Euphorbia polygonifolia L.
Euphorbia polygonifolia L.
Euphorbia polygonifolia is an annual spurge native to eastern US and Great Lakes, introduced to Atlantic France and Spain.
Euphorbia portlandica L.
Euphorbia portlandica L.
Euphorbia umbella quinquefida is dichotomous with cordate involucels and linear - lanceolate, slightly obtuse, acuminate, reflexed leaves, known as the minor seaside Tithymalus (Raj. syn. 3. p. 313. t. 24. f. 6).
Euphorbia prostrata Aiton
Euphorbia prostrata Aiton
Euphorbia prostrata is an annual herb with extracts used medically to treat bleeding hemorrhoids.
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Euphorbia pulcherrima, or poinsettia, is a popular cultivated potted plant widely incorrectly thought to be highly toxic.
Euphorbia rigida M.Bieb.
Euphorbia rigida M.Bieb.
Euphorbia rigida is a toxic evergreen perennial spurge native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.
Euphorbia rosescens E.L.Bridges & Orzell
Euphorbia rosescens E.L.Bridges & Orzell
Euphorbia rosescens is a small deep-rooted scrub plant found in Florida that resprouts after disturbance.
Euphorbia schinzii Pax
Euphorbia schinzii Pax
Euphorbia schinzii Pax is a dwarf, spiny succulent flowering plant native to Southern Africa
Euphorbia segetalis L.
Euphorbia segetalis L.
Grainfield spurge (Euphorbia segetalis L.) is an annual Euphorbiaceae herb that grows up to 16 cm tall.
Euphorbia seguieriana Neck.
Euphorbia seguieriana Neck.
Euphorbia seguieriana is a flowering plant in the Euphorbiaceae family native from Europe to China and Pakistan.
Euphorbia serpens Kunth
Euphorbia serpens Kunth
Euphorbia serpens Kunth is a mat-forming annual herb with opposite small oval leaves and distinctive cyathium inflorescences.
Euphorbia serrata L.
Euphorbia serrata L.
Euphorbia serrata, also called serrated spurge, is a European perennial herb that grows as a weed elsewhere.
Euphorbia setiloba Engelm. ex Torr.
Euphorbia setiloba Engelm. ex Torr.
Yuma sandmat (Euphorbia setiloba) is a small annual euphorb native to dry areas of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
Euphorbia spathulata Lam.
Euphorbia spathulata Lam. is a small annual herb with distinct stem coloring, tiny flowers, and bumpy green fruiting capsules.
Euphorbia spinosa L.
Euphorbia spinosa L.
Euphorbia spinosa L. is described as having a simple subquinquefida umbella, ovate involucellis, oblong entire leaves, a shrubby stem, and features like spineless shrub forms with various leaf and flower characteristics as noted in multiple references.
Euphorbia stricta L.
Euphorbia stricta L.
Dandy in 1969 treated Euphorbia stricta L. as a superfluous name for E. verrucosa L., but Riedl in 1970 disagreed, noting both names were in the 1759 genus account.
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