TWIGGY SPURGE
Euphorbia esula × waldsteinii
Euphorbia × Pseudovirgata
Spurge Family [Euphorbiaceae] 
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Spurge Family [Euphorbiaceae]
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| 11th June 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| Forms large-ish patches in grassland. |
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| 11th June 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| A profusion of leaves and flowers. Like Cypress Spurge the flowers are bright yellow. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stems are twiggy, and have leafy side-branches bearing linear leaves. Stalks with flowers come off the main stalk in several places near the top. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The top is crowned by seven-fold symmetric branching, encircled by a whorl of seven wider leaves just below the junction. A large fruit nestles just above the 7-way junction. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| Seven flowers at the summit, and single flowers coming off the stem at intervals below them. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stem leaves amidst the single flowers are shorter and wider and far fewer than the many long narrow linear leaves coming off the main stem on branches. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are between two large heart-shaped yellow bracts opposing each other. The bracts have points at the tips and a a little wavy. The fruit bears three long protrusions from the end. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| Each flower has four shiny yellow short-horned lobes facing outwards plus a doubled-over fruit, and two 'latent' un-folded bracts. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The two un-folded bracts might also contain flower parts. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The four shiny short-horned yellow lobes are like open-ended square-nut spanners, all facing away from each other. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| A more mature plant bearing developed three-lobed fruits. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The three-lobed reddened nuts turn brown later. The points on the tips of the bracts are in evidence. |
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| 7th Aug 2009, Hightown, Sefton Coastal Path, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves on the branched stems are long, narrow and slowly taper to a point. There is a mid-rib better seen from the underside. |
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This is the hybrid of: Twiggy Spurge is an alien Spurge; one of about 10 that are locally established. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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Spurge Family [Euphorbiaceae]
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