Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork |
Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris Family: Euphorbiaceae Flowering: June-July. Biennial. Introduced. Flowering umbels with 2-6 main rays and pointed bright-green, oval-triangular bracts are followed by smooth seed capsules with brown or grey seeds. The stalkless blue-green leaves are un-toothed, opposite and linear-oblong. A hairless, poisonous plant with erect growth to 1.5m. A garden escape or relic of cultivation sometimes found on disturbed soil on waste ground and in open woodland. |
Caper Spurge, Euphorbia lathyris
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