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Euphorbia platyphyllos L.

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
	platyphyllos:	platys = wide, phyllos = leaf

The Broad-Leaved Spurge Euphorbia platyphyllos can easily be confused with the Upright Spurge Euphorbia stricta. The differences are listed in a table:

Attribute	Euphorbia platyphyllos	Euphorbia stricta
Rays of the umbel	( 3 - ) 5	3 ( - 5 )
Umbels	only one per stem	several cascaded behind each other
Edge of the leaves	finely serrate	irregularly serrate
Fruit capsule	with 3 narrow nipple-free stripes	all around with nipples
Nipples at the fruit capsule	hemispherical	drum-formed

Euphorbia platyphyllos does not only grow at edges of fields, but also on meadows in the big river valleys.

Fig. 1: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 22.5.2012

Fig. 2: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 22.5.2012

Fig. 3: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 22.5.2012

Fig. 4: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 22.5.2012

Fig. 5: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 16.5.2012

Fig. 6: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 16.5.2012

Fig. 7: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Ketsch 21.5.2020

Fig. 8: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Philippsburg 7.7.2018

Fig. 9: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Philippsburg 7.7.2018

Fig. 10: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Philippsburg 7.7.2018

Fig. 11: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Philippsburg 7.7.2018

Fig. 12: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Philippsburg 7.7.2018

Fig. 13: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Neulußheim 7.7.2018

Fig. 14: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Neulußheim 7.7.2018

Fig. 15: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Neulußheim 7.7.2018

Fig. 16: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Neulußheim 7.7.2018

Fig. 17: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Kollerinsel 6.5.2020

Fig. 18: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Mosbach 7.7.2007

Fig. 19: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Mosbach 7.7.2007

Fig. 20: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Mosbach 7.7.2007

Fig. 21: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Mosbach 7.7.2007

Fig. 22: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Mosbach 7.7.2007

Fig. 23: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 24: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 25: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 26: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 27: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 28: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 29: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 30: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wiesloch 11.9.2012

Fig. 31: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wutach - Gorge 12.6.2011

Fig. 32: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wutach - Gorge 12.6.2011

Fig. 33: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Wutach - Gorge 12.6.2011

Fig. 34: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Lonetal near Bissingen 9.6.2016

Fig. 35: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Lonetal near Bissingen 9.6.2016

Fig. 36: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023

Fig. 37: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023

Fig. 38: Euphorbia platyphyllos / Broad-Leaved Spurge
D Thüringen, Tunzenhausen 14.6.2023

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