Common name:
Portland spurge
Family:
Scientific name:
Euphorbia portlandica
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal regions of Ireland, Wales and southwest England
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Coastal grassland, sea cliffs
Flowers:
In compound clusters, with the flowers, and each branch point, subtended by an opposite pair of leaf-like bracts, wider and more ovate than the leaves, but otherwise similar. Flowers have four yellow, crescent-shaped glands, a greenish fruit capsule, a group of stamens within a greenish, cup-shaped structure, and a central ovary with three stigmas
Leaves:
Hairless, obovate, and tapering towards the base. Crossed by a prominent midvein, extending to a small point at the tip
Season:
April to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
