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Sunday, 26 July 2015

Sea spurge - Euphorbia paralias L. - Cyprus

Red Data Book category

Euphorbia paralias (sea spurge) is a species of Euphorbia, native to Europe,Cyprus, northern Africa, and western Asia.
It is a glaucous perennial plant growing up to 70 cm tall. The crowded leaves are elliptic-ovate (ovate toward the top of the stems) and 5 to 20 mm long.
The species is widely naturalised in Australia. It invades coastal areas, displacing local species and colonising open sand areas favoured by certain nesting birds. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Photos Gialousa by George Konstantinou












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