Euphorbia peplis
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Not to be confused with Euphorbia peplus, (Petty spurge), a common weed of arable land.
| Euphorbia peplis | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. peplis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia peplis L. | |
Euphorbia peplis (Purple spurge) is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.[1][2][3]
It is a small, prostrate annual plant, the stems growing to 10-20 cm long, typically with four stems from the base. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1-2 cm long, grey-green with reddish-purple veins.[3]
At the northern edge of its range in England, it has always been rare, and is now extinct.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Euphorbia peplis
- ↑ Flora Europaea: Euphorbia peplis
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
- ↑ Pearman, D. A. & Preston, C. D. (2002). The last British record of Euphorbia peplis. BSBI News 91: 25.
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