Pending editorial review. Names come from GBIF/POWO; growing details are a draft our editors are still verifying.

Euphorbia helioscopia — (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by portioid via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

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Euphorbia helioscopia L.

Sun spurge · Euphorbiaceae

Common names: Cat's milk, Spurge, Sun euphorbia, Umbrella milkweed, Wartweed.

Euphorbia helioscopia (sun spurge) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.

EuphorbiaceaeAnnual

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About Sun spurge

Euphorbia helioscopia (sun spurge) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and eastward through most of Asia.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Growing & care

Growing guide coming soon. Our editors haven't written verified care details for this plant yet. Native range and classification are shown below.

Native range	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna
Toxicity	Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

Native range

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna

Toxicity

Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

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