Biology:Euphorbia epithymoides
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. epithymoides
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Euphorbia epithymoides, the cushion spurge, syn. E. polychroma, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Libya, Turkey and East, Middle, and Southeast Europe. It is a compact, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial growing to 45 cm (18 in), bearing terminal cymes of acid yellow flower-heads (cyathia) in spring and summer.[2]
The cultivar 'Major'[3] has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
References
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Euphorbia epithymoides | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 26 July 2013 }}
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ "Euphorbia epithymoides 'Major' AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/332109/Euphorbia-epithymoides-Major/Details.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 36. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q164208 entry
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