Common name: Snow-on-the-Mountains
Euphorbia marginata Pursh APNI*
Description: Erect annual to c. 70 cm high.
Stem leaves alternate to opposite, oblong-obovate, 20–75 mm long, 10–25 mm wide, floral leaves usually smaller, with conspicuous white margins.
Cyathia in a terminal, mostly 3-rayed umbel; glands 5, with white petaloid appendages.
Capsule c. 3.5 mm long, 5–6 mm diam., whitish hairy; seeds ovoid, 3–4 mm long, smooth to tuberculate. Flowering late summer to autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Milky sap is corrosive and may cause blistering of the skin, dermatitis or temporary blindness. Garden escape in the Griffith district. Native of Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *SWP
Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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