Euphorbia amygdaloides L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Wood Spurge
🇫🇷 Euphorbe faux amandier, Euphorbe des bois, Herbe à la faux

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Euphorbiinae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: Euphorbia amygdaloides

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

E. amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides L., 1753, P;
E. amygdaloides subsp. robbiae (Turrill) Stace, 1989, M (het. syn. E. robbiae Turrill, 1953);
E. amygdaloides subsp. semiperfoliata (Viv.) Radcl.-Sm., 1968, P (het. syn. E. semiperfoliata Viv., 1824).

Hybridizes with:

E. characias subsp. characias L., 1753 to produce E. × martini Rouy, 1900, P;
E. segetalis L., 1753 to produce E. × souliei Sennen, 1917, P.

Photographs

img/euphorbia-amygdaloides.webp — Euphorbia amygdaloides

img/euphorbia-amygdaloides-2.webp — Euphorbia amygdaloides

img/euphorbia-amygdaloides-3.webp — Euphorbia amygdaloides

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 697). Biotope.