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Euphorbia hirsuta L.

Euphorbe hirsute (fr), Euphorbe hérissée (fr), Euphorbe pubescente (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high; glabrous. Stems erect, simple or with ray-like branches below. Leaves sessile, alternate, many, a whorl below umbel; blade narrowly obovate, apex acute, base subcordate, margins distinctly, finely serrate. Flowers: unisexual or bisexual; in umbels, 4-6-rayed, with or without rays in axils of leaves below it; bracts variable; involucre sessile, cup-shaped, glabrous with 4 glands and 5 oblong, ciliate lobes. Fruit a subglobose capsule, slightly grooved.
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Erect, perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves of stem sessile, at least half as broad at base as elsewhere, lanceolate or oblanceolate, finely toothed, pilose. Flowers yellowish green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread myrmecochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.43 - 0.8
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Habit

Euphorbia hirsuta habit picture by Jean-René Girardeau (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta habit picture by Yolande Conejos (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta habit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Euphorbia hirsuta leaf picture by margarida vila (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta leaf picture by Isabelle Lograda (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta leaf picture by Marco Varricchione Marco Varricchione (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Euphorbia hirsuta flower picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta flower picture by Marco Varricchione Marco Varricchione (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta flower picture by Jacques Maréchal (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Euphorbia hirsuta fruit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta fruit picture by margarida vila (cc-by-sa)
Euphorbia hirsuta fruit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Euphorbia hirsuta world distribution map, present in Albania, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tunisia, Tanzania, United Republic of, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346807-1
WFO ID wfo-0000962564
COL ID 3CP6J
BDTFX ID 25920
INPN ID 97541
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tithymalus caesalpini Tithymalus mucronata Galarhoeus pubescens Euphorbia bonae Euphorbia gussoneana Euphorbia leucotricha Euphorbia crispata Euphorbia hirsuta f. crispata Euphorbia hirsuta f. glabrescens Euphorbia hirsuta f. integrifolia Euphorbia hirsuta f. laevis Euphorbia hirsuta f. serrata Euphorbia hirsuta f. serrulatifolia Euphorbia hirsuta f. subglabra Euphorbia pubescens f. subglabra Euphorbia sera-comans Euphorbia vahliana Euphorbia vahlii Euphorbia pubescens Tithymalus pubescens Euphorbia hirsuta var. leucotricha Euphorbia hirsuta var. subglabra Euphorbia pubescens var. crispata Euphorbia pubescens var. glabrescens Euphorbia pubescens var. laevis Euphorbia pubescens var. leucotricha Euphorbia pubescens var. serrata Euphorbia pubescens var. subglabra Tithymalus sera-comans Euphorbia pubescens var. grabrescens Euphorbia hirsuta var. integrifolia Euphorbia hirsuta var. serrulatifolia Euphorbia hirsuta
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