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This is one of the many species of spurge common to the region. This plant grows in clumps, with stalks about 30-100 cm high. The stems are thick, leafy at the top and reddish-brown and bare at the bottom.
Flowers.
Jan-Jul.
Size.
80-180 cm (tall)
Flower Blossom.
The flower heads at the tops of the stalks are formed of cup-shapes (cyathia) that contain the nectar glands, male flowers, and one female flower.
Leaves.
The leaves are blue-green or grey-green, very narrow, and are clustered along the stalk below the flowers. The stems, like other euphorbia, exude a milky latex fluid when cut.
Habitat.
Garrigue and maquis, scrub, open woodland and rocky ground.
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