Sun Spurge

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Sun Spurge
Sun Spurge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. helioscopia
Binomial name
Euphorbia helioscopia
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Sun Spurge, also known as Madwoman's Milk (Euphorbia helioscopia) is a plant part of the Spurge genus that grows in the meadows of Europe. It is an annual plant, it has usually a height of about 40 centimetres and it flowers between April and July.

It is highly poisonous. Active ingredients are extracted from it for use in pharmaceutical industry.

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