Species name:

Euphorbia characias L.

Euphorbia characias
Euphorbia characias
Euphorbia characias
Euphorbia characias
Euphorbia characias

Taxonomy

Species

characias

English name

Albanian spurge, Mediterranean spurge

Italian name

Euforbia cespugliosa, Euforbia a cespi

Distribution

North West America, Argentina, Europe, North Central Africa, South Australia and New Zealand

Chorological type

Steno-Mediterranean

Habitat

Prefers holm oak woodland, mediterranean bush and garrigue. It grows preferably in dry areas, often far away from the water table, both in flat as well as in mountainous terrain. This plant can also resist high salinity (0 - 1000 m, in Italy)

Flowering time

I - V

Nectar

+

Pollen

+

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

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