Common name
English: Cypress Spurge
German: Zypressen-Wolfsmilch
English: Cypress Spurge
German: Zypressen-Wolfsmilch
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malpighiales (120)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (30)
Epithet: cyparissias L. (1)
Synonyms: Esula cupressina Gray, Esula cyparissias (L.) Haw., Euphorbia degenerata D.Dietr., Euphorbia esuloides (DC.) Ten., Galarhoeus cyparissias (L.) Small ex Rydb., Keraselma cyparissias (L.) Raf., Tithymalus acicularis Dulac, Tithymalus cyparissias (L.) Hill
acicularis => needle-like
cyparissias => resembling cypress
esuloides => resembling Esula
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, yellow