Euphorbia characias L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Mediterranean Spurge
🇫🇷 Euphorbe characias, Euphorbe des vallons

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 characias

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

E. characias subsp. characias L., 1753, P;
E. characias subsp. wulfenii (Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch) Radcl.-Sm., 1968, P.

The subspecies characias hybridizes with E. amygdaloides L., 1753 to produce E. × martini Rouy, 1900, P;

Photographs

img/euphorbia-characias.webp — Euphorbia characias

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

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

img/euphorbia-characias-4.webp — Euphorbia characias - Leaves

img/euphorbia-characias-5.webp — Euphorbia characias - Leaves

Sources

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