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Common name: Wallich Spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbia wallichii Family: Euphorbiaceae (crown of thorns family)
Wallich Spurge is a tufted erect perennial with several very leafy stems, up
to 60 cm. Leaves are green with white mid-rib,
3 in long, alternate, and exude milky sap (poisonous in some species of the
genus) Flower-heads yellow, several in more or less flat-topped cluster,
each with 3-4 large rounded, golden yellow bracts each with kidney shaped
glands.
| Photographed in Govindghat, Uttarakhand. |
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