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Common name

English: Blue Spurge, Myrtle Spurge

German: Walzen-Wolfsmilch

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

          Genus: Euphorbia (30)

            Epithet: myrsinites L. (1)

Synonyms: Murtekias myrsinites (L.) Raf., Tithymalus myrsinites (L.) Hill

myrsinites => resembling Myrtle

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, yellow

External links

Check for Euphorbia myrsinites at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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