Common name:
Sea spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia paralias
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal regions of west and south England, and Wales
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Sand dunes, beach margins
Flowers:
Yellow, toothed, crescent-shaped glands subtended by a pair of leaf-like, cup-shaped bracts, overlapping at the base; in terminal clusters of between three and six heads
Fruit:
Smooth, pale green, formed of three distinct cells
Leaves:
Alternate, grey-green, narrowly ovate, closely-spaced, fleshy, up to 2 cm long. Lower leaves, and stem, become reddish with age
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
