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Spiny Spurge
Euphorbia spinosa
Euphorbia spinosa, the spiny spurge, is a species of spurge that grows in habitats around the Mediterranean Sea, mainly in Europe.
From the article Euphorbia spinosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Spiny spurge is a small spiny shrub growing 10 to 20 centimeters (4–8 in) tall. Its stems are thin and branch freely to form a rounded and spiny mound. It is similar to Greek spiny spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnos), but with stems that are not as stiff and weakly spiny tips that are not sharp. The plants are hairless and have few leaves. What leaves they have are bluish-green, narrowly lanceolate, and about 1 cm long.
Range & habitat
It is native to the Mediterranean basin mostly in Europe, but also to Libya in North Africa. In southwestern Europe it grows in Spain, France, Corsica, and Sardinia. While in southeastern Europe it is found in Sicily, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. In Turkey its range crosses over to southwestern Anatolia, in Asia. It grows in dry, rocky areas.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 340032.