Euphorbiaceae
Cypress spurge
Euphorbia cyparissias
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (30)
- Azerbaijani
- Sərv südləyəni
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена млечка
- Chinese
- 欧洲柏大戟, 歐洲柏大戟, 柏大戟
- Czech
- Pryšec chvojka, Hadí mléko, PKR/Euphorbia cyparissias
- Danish
- Cypres-Vortemælk
- dsb
- Cypresowe wjelkowe mloko
- Dutch
- Cipreswolfsmelk
- English
- Cypress spurge
- Estonian
- Küpress-piimalill
- Finnish
- Tarhatyräkki, Kuusityräkki
- French
- Euphorbe petit-cyprès, Euphorbe petit cyprès, Euphorbe petit-cypres, Petit cyprès
- German
- Zypressen-Wolfsmilch, Zypressenwolfsmilch
- hsb
- Sucha mlóčeń
- Hungarian
- Farkas kutyatej
- Icelandic
- Sedrusmjólk
- Italian
- Euforbia cipressina
- Lithuanian
- Siauralapė karpažolė
- Macedonian
- Смрековидна млечка, Чемпресовидна млечка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sypressvortemelk
- Persian
- فرفیون سروی
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz sosnka
- Romanian
- Alior, Laptele câinelui
- Russian
- Молочай кипарисовый
- Slovak
- Mliečnik chvojkový
- Slovenian
- Cipresasti mleček
- Spanish
- Euforbia, Euforbia ciprés, Lechetrezna, Mirabel lechero
- Swedish
- Vårtörel
- Ukrainian
- Молочай кипарисоподібний, Молочай кипарисовидний
- Walloon
- Laecea-d'-coloûte
- Welsh
- Llaethlys cypreswydd
Synonyms
- Esula cupressina Gray
- Esula cyparissias Haw.
- Esula minor Garsault
- Euphorbia cyparissias var. degeneri Gaudin
- Euphorbia cyparissias var. esuloides DC.
- Euphorbia cyparissias var. major Boiss.
- Euphorbia degenerata D.Dietr.
- Euphorbia esuloides (DC.) Ten.
- Euphorbia punctata Krock.
- Euphorbia tyraica Klokov & Artemcz.
- Galarhoeus cyparissias Small ex Rydb.
- Keraselma cyparissias Raf.
- Tithymalus acicularis Dulac
- Tithymalus angustifolius Gilib.
- Tithymalus cinerea Raf.
- Tithymalus cyparissias (L.) Hill
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 2,662 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hannah Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.