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An erect hairless spurge, with flower clusters on top of an unbranched reddish stem. The flat-topped flowering heads have 5 rays cupped by 5 large bracts. Each ray is divided into 3 smaller rays, each of which is divided into a final 2 rays.
Flowers.
Feb-May.
Size.
10-50 cm (short-med)
Flower Blossom.
The small greeinsh flowers are nested in the cupping yellow-green bracts that are shaped like the leaves.
Leaves.
The small leaves are round-tipped oval spatualas with fine serrated edges, growing in opposed pairs along the stems, broader at the top.
Habitat.
Roadsides, waste ground and cultivated or disturbed ground.
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