| Scientific Name | Euphorbia bicolor | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Spurge ( Euphorbiaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 petals, pinwheels, milky sap
Tall, slender palnts with linear floral leaves that have white margins. Small, fanlike male flowers nearly hidden. Stem leaves green, hairy, broadly lancelike. 50 cm-1m. Peterson p 74 Flower minute: about 35 male flowers and 1 female flower borne in a cup-shaped structure having 5 white, petal-like glands around rim, the whole appearing as a 5-petaled flower. 'Flowers' 2-5 in terminal cluster with several clusters forming larger mass surrounded by leaflike bracts. Leaves 5-10 times longer than broad, rather thin in texture. Upper leaves usually in whorls of 3. Forms extensive colonies, truly appearing to blanket many acres. Spurge family also contains many cultivated plants including poinsettia, and plants producing rubber, castor oil and tapioca. Ajilvsgi p 63 | |||||||||||||
July - Oct
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