Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Dwarf Spurge, Euphorbia exigua, Spuirse bhocht
Photographs: Co. Wexford

Dwarf Spurge
Euphorbia exigua
Spuirse bhocht
Family: Euphorbiaceae

Flowering June - September. Annual. Probably introduced.

Flowers are very similar to those of Petty Spurge, E. peplus but are smaller. The bracts are triangular-lanceolate with crescent-shaped glands and the fruit capsules are not keeled. Height 5-15cm with unstalked, narrow, greyish-green leaves.

Prefers calcareous soils on arable and waste ground. A rare, declining arable annual with most remaining sites in central and south-east Ireland

Dwarf Spurge, Euphorbia exigua, Spuirse bhocht

Dwarf Spurge, Euphorbia exigua, Spuirse bhocht
Dwarf Spurge, Euphorbia exigua, Spuirse bhocht

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