Euphorbiaceae
Urban spurge
Euphorbia agraria
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Urban spurge
- Finnish
- Ukrainantyräkki
- Macedonian
- Полска млечка
- Romanian
- Laptele câinelui, Laptele cîinelui
- Russian
- Молочай пашенный
- Swedish
- Bantörel
Synonyms
- Euphorbia agraria var. thyrsiflora (Griseb.) Nyman
- Euphorbia agrorum Willd. ex Ledeb.
- Euphorbia euboea Halácsy
- Euphorbia nitens Trevir.
- Euphorbia thyrsiflora Griseb.
- Euphorbia transsilvanica Schur
- Tithymalus agrarius (M.Bieb.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.