Euphorbiaceae
Canary Island spurge
Euphorbia canariensis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- فربيون جزر الكناري
- arz
- فربيون جزر الكنارى
- Chinese
- 墨麒麟
- English
- Canary Island spurge
- Finnish
- Kanariantyräkki
- frr
- Faalsk Kaktus
- German
- Kanaren-Wolfsmilch
- Hungarian
- Kanári kutyatej
- Japanese
- ユーフォルビア・カナリエンシス
- Persian
- یوفوربیا کانارنسیس
- Russian
- Молочай канарский
- Spanish
- Cardón
Synonyms
- Euphorbia canariensis f. viridis G.Kunkel
- Euphorbia canariensis var. spiralis Bolle ex Boiss.
- Euphorbia tribuloides Lam.
- Tithymalus canariensis (L.) H.Karst.
- Torfosidis canariensis (L.) Raf.
Photos
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Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.