Euphorbia helioscopia L.

English: Sun Spurge

German: Sonnwend-Wolfsmilch

Mandarin: 泽漆 (ze qi)

Portuguese: Erva-leiteira-do-sol

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)

      Order: Malpighiales (98)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)

          Genus: Euphorbia (27)

            Epithet: helioscopia L. (1)

helioscopia => turning towards the sun

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, yellow

Check for Euphorbia helioscopia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [263] Euphorbia helioscopia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [548] Euphorbia helioscopia - Plants For A Future database
• [1063] Euphorbia helioscopia - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1345] Euphorbia helioscopia - Flora of China @ efloras.org