Euphorbiaceae
Upright spurge
Euphorbia stricta
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- فربيون كثيف الأوراق
- Czech
- Pryšec tuhý
- Dutch
- Stijve wolfsmelk
- English
- Upright spurge
- French
- Euphorbe raide
- German
- Steife Wolfsmilch
- hsb
- Runa mlóčeń
- Macedonian
- Права млечка
- Persian
- فرفیون راست
- Russian
- Молочай прямой, Молочай мелкоцветковый, Молочай пильчатый, Молочай торчащий
- Swedish
- Styvtörel
Synonyms
- Euphorbia densifolia K.Koch
- Euphorbia foetida Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch
- Euphorbia micrantha Stephan ex Willd.
- Euphorbia platyphyllos subsp. stricta (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Euphorbia platyphyllos var. serrulata (Thuill.) Pers.
- Euphorbia platyphyllos var. stricta (L.) Fiori
- Euphorbia platyphyllos var. stricta (L.) DC.
- Euphorbia serrulata Thuill.
- Euphorbia stricta f. pubescens (Erdner) Oudejans
- Euphorbia stricta subsp. micrantha (Stephan ex Willd.) Nyman
- Euphorbia stricta var. pubescens Erdner
- Galarhoeus micranthus (Stephan ex Willd.) Haw.
- Galarhoeus platyphyllus var. strictus (L.) Gray
- Galarhoeus strictus Haw.
- Tithymalus micranthus (Stephan ex Willd.) Raf.
- Tithymalus serrulatus (Thuill.) Holub
- Tithymalus strictus Klotzsch & Garcke ex Garcke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.