Flowering Spurge

Plant Info

Also known as:
Scientific name:	Euphorbia corollata
Family:	Spurge (Euphorbiaceae)
Life cycle:	perennial
Origin:	native
Habitat:	sun to part shade; dry prairies, open woods, roadsides
Bloom season:	summer
Plant height:	12 to 40 inches
USDA PLANTS database:	Minnesota county distribution map
Spotted in Ramsey County at:	Long Lake Regional Park Rice Creek Trail Corridor Vadnais/Snail Lake Regional Park

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Detailed Information

Flower:

Flower is ¼ to 3/8-inch across, 5 white petals with a green center and yellowish stamen. The upper part of the plant can have many branches with loosely clustered flowers.

Leaves:

Leaves are to 3 inches long and ½ inch wide, rounded at both ends with little or no leaf stem. Color is a bit blue-green. Attachment is alternate on the lower part of the main stem, but opposite or whorled near the flower stems.

Notes:

Flowering Spurge is poisonous. Its sap can cause skin irritations.

More photos

• full size plant, about 30 inches tall

More white wildflowers. Photos taken at Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN, June 2007

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