Euphorbiaceae
Mottled spurge
Euphorbia lactea
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- كندلبرة
- Bulgarian
- Млечна млечка
- Chinese
- 日出, 春峰
- English
- Mottled spurge, Candelabra spurge, Elkhorn, Frilled fan spurge
- French
- Euphorbe lactée
- Haitian Creole
- Kandelab
- Hausa
- Itacen Madara, Candelabra Spurge
- Russian
- Молочай молочный
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
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Sources: classification 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.