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Fam.: Euphorbiaceae / Spurge Fam.  

Genus:  Euphorbia  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Euphorbia:   Euforbos, physician of king Juba II. of Mauritania (1st century BC), found a healing Euphorbia
   esula:   donkey
 

Euphorbia esula can be confused with the similar species Euphorbia virgata (also called Euphorbia waldsteinii) and Euphorbia saratoi (longer time wrongly called Euphorbia pseudovirgata). The small nectary horns of Euphorbia esula are short and blunt, while those of the two other species are long. Also the leaves are different: Euphorbia esula has relative short leaves, of which the widest point is above the middle of the length. At Euphorbia virgata the rather long leaves have their widest point near the base and have adumbrated small peduncles at the laterally truncated base. Euphorbia saratoi has long lineal, rather steadily wide leaves, with the maximum width in the middle of the length. Euphorbia esula is mainly growing on meadows in the valleys of the big rivers (in German called 'Stromtalpflanze').

 

Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 14.5.2006
Fig. 1:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 14.5.2006
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 14.5.2006
Fig. 2:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 14.5.2006
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Fig. 3:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Fig. 4:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Fig. 5:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Fig. 6:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Fig. 7:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Mannheim 29.4.2014
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 8:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 9:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 10:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 11:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 12:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 13:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 14:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 15:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Fig. 16:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 10.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 15.4.2009
Fig. 17:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 15.4.2009
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Lampertheim 15.4.2009
Fig. 18:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Lampertheim 15.4.2009
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Kollerinsel 6.5.2020
Fig. 19:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Kollerinsel 6.5.2020
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Fig. 20:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Fig. 21:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Fig. 22:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Groß-Gerau 28.9.2012
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Frankfurt Airport 13.5.2010
Fig. 23:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Frankfurt Airport 13.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Frankfurt Airport 13.5.2010
Fig. 24:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Frankfurt Airport 13.5.2010
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Xanten 24.4.2019
Fig. 25:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Xanten 24.4.2019
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Xanten 24.4.2019
Fig. 26:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Xanten 24.4.2019
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Xanten 24.4.2019
Fig. 27:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Xanten 24.4.2019
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Xanten 24.4.2019
Fig. 28:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Xanten 24.4.2019
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 29:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 30:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 31:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 32:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 33:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 34:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 35:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 36:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 37:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 38:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 39:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge, D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Fig. 40:  Euphorbia esula / Leafy Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023
Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge, Croatia Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Fig. 41:  Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge
Croatia, Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge, Croatia Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Fig. 42:  Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge
Croatia, Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge, Croatia Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Fig. 43:  Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge
Croatia, Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge, Croatia Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016
Fig. 44:  Euphorbia esula ? / Leafy Spurge
Croatia, Istria, Groznjan 11.8.2016

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