Euphorbiaceae
Sickle spurge
Euphorbia falcata
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- فربيون منجلي, حلبلوب منجلي
- arz
- فربيون منجلى
- Bulgarian
- Сърполистна млечка
- Catalan
- Lleterola de camp
- Czech
- Pryšec srpovitý
- English
- Sickle spurge
- Finnish
- Sirppityräkki
- German
- Sichelblättrige Wolfsmilch, Sichel-Wolfsmilch
- hsb
- Podsywna mlóčeń
- Macedonian
- Срповидна млечка
- Persian
- فرفیون هلالی
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz sierpowaty
- Russian
- Молочай серповидный
- Slovenian
- Srpasti mleček, Ostnatolistni mleček
- Spanish
- Lechetrezna tonta, Tesula, Tésula
- Swedish
- Åkertörel
Synonyms
- Esula falcata Haw.
- Esula obscura (Loisel.) Fourr.
- Euphorbia acuminata Lam.
- Euphorbia arenaria Willd. ex Ledeb.
- Euphorbia arvensis Kit.
- Euphorbia arvensis Schleich. ex Steud.
- Euphorbia caesaraugustana Willk. & Lange
- Euphorbia caudata Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Euphorbia erythrosperma A.Kern.
- Euphorbia falcata f. rubra (Cav.) Nikolic
- Euphorbia falcata subsp. acuminata Simonk.
- Euphorbia falcata subsp. falcata
- Euphorbia falcata subsp. lusitanica (Daveau) Cout.
- Euphorbia falcata subsp. macrostegia (Bornm.) O.Schwarz
- Euphorbia falcata subsp. rubra (Cav.) Mateo & Figuerola
- Euphorbia falcata var. acuminata (Lam.) St.-Amans
- Euphorbia falcata var. carunculata Loscos & J.Pardo
- Euphorbia falcata var. congesta Daveau
- Euphorbia falcata var. croizatii Sennen & Mauricio
- Euphorbia falcata var. ecornuta Boiss.
- Euphorbia falcata var. falciformis Griseb.
- Euphorbia falcata var. galilaea (Boiss.) Boiss.
- Euphorbia falcata var. genuina Maire
- Euphorbia falcata var. latifolia Font Quer
- Euphorbia falcata var. laxa Albert
- Euphorbia falcata var. lusitanica Daveau
- Euphorbia falcata var. macrostegia Bornm.
- Euphorbia falcata var. maroccana Murb.
- Euphorbia falcata var. minor W.D.J.Koch
- Euphorbia falcata var. mucronata (Lam.) Fiori
- Euphorbia falcata var. obscura (Loisel.) Nyman
- Euphorbia falcata var. peploiforme Sennen
- Euphorbia falcata var. rubra (Cav.) Boiss.
- Euphorbia falcata var. vernalis Fiori
- Euphorbia galilaea Boiss.
- Euphorbia mucronata Lam.
- Euphorbia nervosa Kit.
- Euphorbia obscura Loisel.
- Euphorbia palatinata F.Zimmerm. ex Thell. & F.Zimmerm.
- Euphorbia pseudograeca Grossh.
and 15 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.