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Euphorbia epithymoides

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(Redirected from Euphorbia polychroma) Species of flowering plant

Euphorbia epithymoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. epithymoides
Binomial name
Euphorbia epithymoides
L.

Euphorbia epithymoides, the cushion spurge, syn. E. polychroma, is a species of deciduous flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Libya, Turkey and East, Middle, and Southeast Europe. It is a compact, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial growing to 45 cm (18 in), bearing terminal cymes of acid yellow flower-heads (cyathia) in spring and summer.The cultivar 'Major' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

  1. "Euphorbia epithymoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  3. "Euphorbia epithymoides 'Major' AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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Euphorbia epithymoides


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