Euphorbiaceae
Broadleaf spurge
Euphorbia platyphyllos
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (13)
- Bulgarian
- Плосколистна млечка
- Czech
- Pryšec plocholistý
- Dutch
- Brede wolfsmelk
- English
- Broadleaf spurge, Broad-leaved spurge
- Finnish
- Herttatyräkki
- French
- Euphorbe à larges feuilles
- German
- Breitblättrige Wolfsmilch
- hsb
- Šěroka mlóčeń
- Macedonian
- Широколисна млечка, Рамнолисна млечка
- Russian
- Молочай плосколистный
- Slovenian
- Širokolistni mleček
- Swedish
- Bredtörel
- Welsh
- Llaethlys llydanddail
Synonyms
- Galarhoeus platyphyllus Haw.
- Tithymalus platyphyllos Hill
- Tithymalus platyphyllos (L.) Raf.
- Tithymalus platyphylos (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jan Eckstein, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leo Michels, CC0, 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.