Euphorbia hypericifolia
Pillpod Euphorbia, Graceful Spurge, Baby'S Breath Euphorbia, Graceful Sandmat, Large Spotted Spurge, Milk Purslane, Chickenweed, Black Purslane, Milk Spurge, St. John's wort-leaved spurge
Description
A perennial ornamental herb, mainly grown as an annual, prized for its spring and summer flowering, which produces dense, uniform clusters of white, cloud-like flowers. Suitable for flowerbeds, balconies and terraces, including in mixed plantings where it accentuates the colour tones of the flowers of other species present. Easy to grow, it adapts well to hot summer climates.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Species
- Euphorbia hypericifolia
Synonyms (6)
- Anisophyllum hypericifolium
- Chamaesyce glomerifera
- Chamaesyce hypericifolia
- Ditrita obliqua
- Euphorbia glomerifera
- Euphorbia papilligera
