Flowers; Atenor, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Atenor, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Atenor, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Atenor, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Atenor, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1071 Date of entry: 25.05.2009 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Upright Myrtle Spurge
German: Steife Wolfsmilch
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malpighiales (120)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (30)
Epithet: rigida M.Bieb. (3)
rigida => stiff, inflexible
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green
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