Euphorbiaceae
Tree spurge
Euphorbia dendroides
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- فربيون شجري, حلبلوب شجري
- arz
- فربيون شجرى
- Catalan
- Lleterassa, Lleteresa arbòria, Mula
- Chinese
- 树大戟, 樹大戟
- Corsican
- Lattonu
- Croatian
- Drvenasta mlječika
- Czech
- Pryšec dřevnatý
- English
- Tree spurge
- French
- Euphorbe arborescente, Euphorbe arborescent
- German
- Baum-Wolfsmilch
- Greek
- Ευφορβία η δενδροειδής
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trevortemelk
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz drzewiasty
- Spanish
- Titimalo arbol, Titimalo árbol, Titímalo arbol, Titímalo árbol
Synonyms
- Esula dendroides (L.) Haw.
- Euphorbia dendroides f. angustifolia Marcos
- Euphorbia dendroides var. hesperia Jahand. & Maire
- Euphorbia dendroides var. longeradiata Sennen
- Euphorbia divaricata Jacq.
- Euphorbia laeta Aiton
- Euphorbion dendroideum (L.) St.-Lag.
- Tithymalus arboreus Lam.
- Tithymalus dendroides (L.) Hill
- Tithymalus laetus (Aiton) Haw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 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.