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 edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. peplis
Binomial name
Euphorbia peplis

Euphorbia peplis, the purple spurge,[1] 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.[2][3][4]

It is a small, prostrate annual plant, the stems growing to 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long, typically with four stems from the base. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long, grey-green with reddish-purple veins.[4]

At the northern edge of its range in England, it has always been rare, and is now extinct.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ "Euphorbia peplis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ Flora Europaea: Euphorbia peplis
  4. ^ a b c Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
  5. ^ Pearman, D. A. & Preston, C. D. (2002). The last British record of Euphorbia peplis. BSBI News 91: 25.

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