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Euphorbia peplis
Euphorbia peplis is a small, low-growing annual of coastal sand and shingle in southern and western Europe, North Africa and southwest Asia. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it needs sandy, free-draining, sunny coastal conditions.
Euphorbia peplis, the purple spurge, is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.
Shores of the Mediterranean, Black, Caspian and Red Seas, Persian Gulf, Ireland (PoWo Map)
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia peplis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
