Full Sun
Moderate watering
Tender
11b
USDA zone
7°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 4m |
10cm | Min | 30cm |
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Euphorbia helioscopia Overview
Once used as a treatment for warts from the plant's milky sap, which is poisonous. This plant is often found in the wild in Northern Europe. STEM: Single, upright, with 5 branches above, sap milky. ROOT: Vertical main root. HAIRS: More or less hairless. STIPULES: Absent LEAF-STALK: Absent BRACTS: Leaf-like, yellowish green. FLOWER STALK: Elongating in fruit. SEPALS: Absent PETALS: Absent STIGMA: 3, often forked. OVARY: 1, 3-celled. SEEDS: 3, brown, rough.
Common problems with Euphorbia helioscopia
How to propagate Euphorbia helioscopia
Cuttings
You can propagate by basal cuttings in the spring or summer, by division in spring or early autumn.
Division
Seed
Seeds in the autumn.
Other uses of Euphorbia helioscopia
Wildflower/meadow, medicinal.