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Euphorbia lathyris

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blue-green with a waxy texture and pale greenish-white midrib and veins. The flowers are green to yellow-green, 4 mm diameter, with no petals. The seeds are green ripening to brown or grey, produced in globular clusters 13–17 mm diameter of three seeds compressed together.
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All parts of the plant, including the seeds and roots, are poisonous. Handling may cause skin irritation as the plant produces
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as a remedy for cancer, corns, and warts and has purportedly been used by beggars to induce skin boils.
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opposite pairs, and are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad,
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(1989). 320:Away from its native range, it is widely 446: 444: 426: 424: 408:United States Department of Agriculture 399:Germplasm Resources Information Network 14: 1101: 473: 384: 382: 380: 263:Other names occasionally used include 539: 538: 469: 467: 441: 1073:15834d70-681d-4edc-8c41-f798712d6235 900:e64677b4-e296-41cc-b905-0f0dc8d9d5ee 452:Flora of Britain and Northern Europe 421: 377: 24: 464: 25: 1150: 1011:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347072-1 361: 349: 55: 476:New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 519: 500: 13: 1: 506:Poisonous Plant Information: 404:Agricultural Research Service 370: 7: 1139:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus 240:native to southern Europe ( 10: 1155: 1129:Medicinal plants of Europe 1119:Medicinal plants of Africa 315: 547: 278: 203: 196: 179: 172: 52:Scientific classification 50: 41: 34: 1134:Plants described in 1753 1124:Medicinal plants of Asia 474:Huxley, A., ed. 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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia
Binomial name
L.
Synonyms
lapsus
spurge
Italy
Greece
Spain
Portugal
China
biennial
annual
decussate
glaucous
latex
naturalised
invasive
USDA

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