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Euphorbia taurinensis
Torino spurge is a small, hairless annual herb of the spurge family, native to much of Europe and the Caucasus region. It is a wild plant of open ground rather than a garden or houseplant, so care figures below are general guidance for the genus-like annual habit.
Euphorbia taurinensis, the Torino spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Europe except the north, Turkey and N. Caucasus (Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia, Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia) (PoWo map).
Marble Canyon spurge · Abd Al Kuri Euphorbia · Euphorbia abdita · Euphorbia abdulghafooriana · Abram's Spurge · Desert Candle · Euphorbia acalyphoides · Greek Spiny Spurge · Euphorbia actinoclada · Pointed Sandmat · Euphorbia adenopoda · Miniature Saguaro
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia taurinensis 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.
