Upright Spurge - Euphorbia serrulata
A glabrous annual spurge with narrow leaves and prominent cylindical warts on capsules
other Euphorbia
Good photographs of the whole plant in habitat, plus details of leaves, flower-heads and capsules; see key in Stace 4th edition (2019)
Probably native; rarely naturalised (Stace 4th edition, 2019)
Gareth Hirons
Stathern waste ground
13 July 2025
Round fruits with cylindrical warts
Gareth Hirons
Stathern waste ground
13 July 2025
Gareth Hirons
Stathern waste ground
13 July 2025
Red stems with alternate leaves
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- Upright Spurge
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- Wildflowers
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- First record:
- 13/07/2025 (Hirons, Gareth)
- Last record:
- 13/07/2025 (Hirons, Gareth)
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