Euphorbia epithymoides, L.

25. E. epithymoides L. View in CoL View at ENA , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 656 (1762)

( E. polychroma A. Kemer ).

Softly and rather densely pubescent. Stems 20-40 cm, robust, not woody below. Leaves usually 30-50 x 11-26 mm, 2-3 times as long as wide, obovate-oblong or ellipticoblong, rounded at the base, entire or obscurely serrulate. Rayleaves like the cauline but yellow, sometimes purple-tinged in flower; raylet-leaves elliptical. Rays about as long as ray-leaves; lobes of the cyathium as long as the cup; glands small. Capsule 3-4 mm. Seeds 2-5-2-9 mm, brown or yellowish-grey, with a brown, raised reticulum. 2n= 16. Somewhat calcicole. C. & S.E. Europe, from S.E. Germany to C. Ukraine and S. Bulgaria. Al Au Bu Cz Ge G r Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W). E. jacquinii Fenzl ex Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 136 (1862), of unknown origin, but perhaps from N. Jugoslavia, is like 25 but has rugose seeds. It may be a hybrid or an abnormality.