Species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia characias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Eudicots
Clade :
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Genus:
Euphorbia
Species:
E. characias
Binomial name
Euphorbia characias
Synonyms [ 1]
Characias purpurea Gray
Esula characias (L.) Haw.
Euphorbia cretica Mill.
Euphorbia cuatrecasasii Pau
Euphorbia eriocarpa Bertol.
Euphorbia lycia Boiss.
Euphorbia melapetala Gasp. ex Guss.
Euphorbia messeniaca Heldr. ex Halácsy nom. illeg.
Euphorbia rubens Chaix
Euphorbia sibthorpii Boiss.
Euphorbia veneta Willd.
Euphorbia wulfenii Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch
Galarhoeus creticus (Mill.) Haw.
Tithymalus characias (L.) Hill
Tithymalus melapetalus (Gasp. ex Guss.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Tithymalus purpureus Lam.
Tithymalus serotina Raf.
Tithymalus sibthorpii (Boiss.) Soják
Tithymalus venetus (Willd.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Tithymalus wulfenii (Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch) Soják
Euphorbia characias , the Mediterranean spurge [ 2] or Albanian spurge ,[ 3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae typical of the Mediterranean vegetation .
It is an upright, compact evergreen shrub growing to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall and wide.