VIRBOGA - Euphorbia characias

Common name

English: Mediterranean Spurge

German: Palisaden-Wolfsmilch

Portuguese: Maleiteira-maior

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

Order: Malpighiales (120)

Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

Genus: Euphorbia (30)

Epithet: characias L. (1)

characias => from 'Xaraxias' as Dioscorides called E. characias in the first century CE

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green

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