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Warty spurge

Euphorbia spathulata

Also called Reticulate seeded spurge, Spatulate leaved spurge, Blunt Leaved Spurge, Warty Spurge And Roughpod Spurge, Roughpod Spurge, Blunt Spurge

Warty spurge
Photo: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain

Warty spurge is a small annual weed of the spurge family, native to much of the Americas from southeastern Canada to northern Mexico. It grows quickly from seed in disturbed, sunny ground and is rarely grown on purpose.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water when the top of the soil is dry; it needs little attention once established.
Soil
Tolerates poor, dry or disturbed soil, including sandy and gravelly ground.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; a frost-tender annual that dies back with winter cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Canada to N. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Euphorbia spathulata is a species of spurge known by the common names warty spurge and roughpod spurge.

It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread in many habitats.

Other Euphorbia plants

Abd Al Kuri Euphorbia · Desert Candle · Greek Spiny Spurge · Euphorbia actinoclada · Miniature Saguaro · Pincushion Euphorbia · Euphorbia alcicornis · Euphorbia alfredii · Euphorbia ambarivatoensis · Euphorbia ambovombensis · African candelabra · Euphorbia ampliphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia spathulata 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.

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