Euphorbia esula, L.

99. E. esula L. View in CoL View at ENA , Sp. Pl. 461 (1753) View Cited Treatment

(inch E. gmelinii Steudel , E. subtilis Prokh. , E. zhiguliensis Prokh. ).

Glabrous or pubescent perennial up to 120 cm. Stems usually unbranched at the base but with up to 11 axillary non-flowering branches and O-2O(-3O) axillary rays. Leaves 15-85 x 0-5-15(-22) mm, linear to broadly ovate or obovate, entire. Ray-leaves shorter and often wider than cardine. Raylet-leaves rhombic, deltate or reniform. Rays (4-)5-17, once or twice dichotomous. Glands emarginate or with 2 horns. Capsule 2-5-3 x 3-5 mm, deeply sulcate, granulate on the keels. Seeds 2 mm, ovoid, grey or brownish. Throughout a large part ofcontinental Europe, but only as an alien in the north. AlAuBeBuCzGa GeGrHoHsHuItJuLuPoRmRs (*B, C, W, K, E) Tu [Br Da Fe He No Rs (N) Su].