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Hello and welcome to my blog of plants! You'll find a list of herbaceous plants that I've encountered and learned about during my studies at Virginia Tech, in the order I learned them by list. You'll find great photos of herbaceous plants, their names and families, and details of where I found them. All photos have been taken by myself. Feel free to click on them for enlargement. May this blog be of benefit to thee!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Euphorbia species & hybrids, Euphorbia, Spurge, Euphorbiaceae

Genus and species:  
Euphorbia species & hybrids
Common Name: Euphorbia, Spurge
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae

The flowers on this plant are really bizarre! The stigmas and stamens are separate and it has a basil bract that looks like bulb and flowers float off it.The stems, when snapped, release white sap that is caustic. The leaves are in a whorled arrangement. There are some variegated varieties of this plant which look really cool. The zones are very species dependent, the new ones are very finicky.

Photo taken March 28, 2012 at Virginia Tech in the Hahn Horticulture Gardens.
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