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Euphorbia helioscopia L.

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Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Euphorbia helioscopia L.
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Euphorbia helioscopia

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helioscopia

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Euphorbia helioscopia L.

Erect annual. Stems glabrous or sparsely hairy, simple or with a few lower branches, up to c. 50 cm high. Lvs alternate, glabrous, exstipulate, sessile, serrate toward apex, obovate and long-cuneate to base, usually rounded at apex, rarely subacute, (10)-20-40-(60) mm long. Terminal umbel 3-5-rayed, usually with no axillary rays below on each stem; lvs subtending umbel similar to stem lvs but usually broader and less cuneate; rays often secondarily branched and then forming compound dichasia; lvs subtending ray-branches and cyathia similar to stem lvs but much smaller and less cuneate, sometimes elliptic, conspicuous yellow-green. Glands elliptic, entire. Capsule smooth, deeply grooved, with keel rounded or slightly ridged. Seeds reticulate-rugose, rounded, dark brown, c. 2 mm long.

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Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.

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Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
United Kingdom

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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