Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Lus Oilealla
Photos: Dunderrow, Inishannon, Co. Cork

Wood Spurge
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides
Lus Oilealla
Family: Euphorbiaceae

Flowering: March-May. Perennial. Probably introduced.

Plants flower in second year, the flower umbels with 5-10 main rays and greenish-yellow bracts fused round stem. The glands have converging horns. Deep-green leaves, the terminal leaves retained in winter. Erect, usually unbranched, reddish stems, the first year stem leaves with hairy undersides and margins. Height 30-60cm. Rhizomatous.

Rare but locally common in Co. Cork on neutral/acidic soil in old woodland

E. amygdaloides subsp. robbiae is a garden cultivar, can be invasive

Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Lus Oilealla

Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Lus Oilealla
Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides, Lus Oilealla

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