Euphorbiaceae
Sea spurge
Euphorbia paralias
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- فربيون متوازي
- arz
- فربيون متوازى
- Basque
- Dunetako esne-belar
- Bulgarian
- Приморска млечка
- Catalan
- Lleteresa de platja
- Dutch
- Zeewolfsmelk
- English
- Sea spurge
- Finnish
- Merityräkki
- French
- Euphorbe maritime
- German
- Strand-Wolfsmilch, Dünenwolfsmilch
- Greek
- Ευφορβία η παράλιος
- Hebrew
- חלבלוב הים
- Irish
- Bainne léana
- Italian
- Euforbia marittima
- kab
- Tanaɣut yitbiren
- kw
- Flammfos an mor
- Russian
- Молочай прибрежный
- Slovenian
- Obalni mleček
- Spanish
- Lechetrezna marina
- Swedish
- Fetbladstörel
- Turkish
- Deniz sütleğeni
- Welsh
- Llaethlys y môr
Synonyms
- Esula paralias Fourr.
- Euphorbia malacitana Pau
- Euphorbion paralium St.-Lag.
- Galarhoeus paralias Haw.
- Tithymalus maritimus Lam.
- Tithymalus paralias Hill
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 508 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jose Angel Urquia Goitia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jose Angel Urquia Goitia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Angel Urquia Goitia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Euphorbia
- PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrimaEuphorbiaceae
- ChristplantEuphorbia miliiEuphorbiaceae
- African milk treeEuphorbia trigonaEuphorbiaceae
- Madwoman's milkEuphorbia helioscopiaEuphorbiaceae
- Asthma weedEuphorbia hirtaEuphorbiaceae
- Indiantree spurgeEuphorbia tirucalliEuphorbiaceae
- Cypress spurgeEuphorbia cyparissiasEuphorbiaceae
- Wood spurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesEuphorbiaceae
- Caper spurgeEuphorbia lathyrisEuphorbiaceae
- Petty spurgeEuphorbia peplusEuphorbiaceae
- Leafy spurgeEuphorbia esulaEuphorbiaceae
- Albanian spurgeEuphorbia characiasEuphorbiaceae
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.