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Euphorbia stricta L. |
Fam.: Euphorbiaceae / Spurge Fam. |
Synon.: Euphorbia serratula THUILL. |
Genus: Euphorbia L. |
Authors: | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Jean Louis Thuillier (1757 - 1822), French botanist | |||
Etymology: | |||
Euphorbia: | Euforbos, physician of king Juba II. of Mauritania (1st century BC), found a healing Euphorbia | ||
stricta: | stiff | ||
serratula: | finely serrate | ||
The Upright Spurge Euphorbia stricta can easily be confused with the Broad-Leaved Spurge Euphorbia platyphyllos. The differences are listed in a table:
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