Euphorbiaceae
Albanian spurge
Euphorbia characias
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- الفربيون شارسياس
- Bulgarian
- Средиземноморска млечка
- Catalan
- Lleteresa vera
- Chinese
- 地中海大戟, 千魂花
- English
- Albanian spurge
- Estonian
- Vahemere piimalill
- Finnish
- Välimerentyräkki
- French
- Euphorbe characias
- German
- Palisaden-Wolfsmilch
- Greek
- Ευφορβία η χαρακίας
- Macedonian
- Средоземна млечка
- Persian
- فرفیون قرمز
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz błękitnawy
- Walloon
- Yebe ås rates
- Welsh
- Llaethlys Môr y Canoldir
Synonyms
- Esula characias (L.) Haw.
- Tithymalus characias (L.) Hill
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Bauer, Stanislav N. Gorb, Marie-Christin Klein, Anke Nellesen, Max von Tap, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zythème, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guus Gorter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, 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.