Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Petty Spurge, Euphorbia peplus, Gearr nimhe
Photographs: Co. Cork

Petty Spurge
Euphorbia peplus
Gearr nimhe
Family: Euphorbiaceae

Flowering time: April-November. Annual. Probably introduced.

Yellow-green 3-rayed umbels containing minute glands of yellowish crescent-shaped flowers with bracts instead of petals or sepals. The leaves are stalked, untoothed and alternate. A hairless, upright plant, height 5-25cm.

Very common in gardens, waste ground, arable land and on roadsides and pavements.

Similar: Sun Spurge, E. helioscopia. Larger plant, 5-rayed umbels

Petty Spurge, Euphorbia peplus, Gearr nimhe

Petty Spurge, Euphorbia peplus, Gearr nimhe
Petty Spurge, Euphorbia peplus, Gearr nimhe

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