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Spurge Family
3 species
Leafy Spurge - flower approx. 5 mm - leaves 2 to 7 cm - height to 70 cm - Samuel Smith Park - May 2010
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: Esula
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - native to Eurasia
Updated June 28 2010
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Flowering Spurge - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves to 7 cm - height to 1 m - High Park - August 2011
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: Corollata
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - native to Canada
Updated October 21 2011
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Milk Purslane - flower approx. 2 mm - leaves approx. 1 cm - prostrate (sprawling to 45 cm) - West Don Valley (Earl Bales Park) - October 2011
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Genus: Chamaesyce (formerly Euphorbia)
Species: Maculata (formerly Supina)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual - also known as Prostrate Purslane, Milk, Spotted or
Prostrate Spurge, Spotted Sandmat - leaves usually have a
central dark spot - stem exudes milky sap - similar to C.
prostrata - not closely related to Purslane (Portulaca
Oleracea) - native to Canada
Prostrate Spurge, Spotted Sandmat - leaves usually have a
central dark spot - stem exudes milky sap - similar to C.
prostrata - not closely related to Purslane (Portulaca
Oleracea) - native to Canada
Updated December 29 2011
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