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

Euphorbia peplis — (c) Duarte Frade, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Duarte Frade via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

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Euphorbia peplis L.

Purple spurge · Euphorbiaceae

Also known as Chamaesyce peplis.

Euphorbia peplis (purple spurge) is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.

EuphorbiaceaeAnnual

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About Purple spurge

Euphorbia peplis (purple spurge) is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.

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	Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine
Toxicity	Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

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