Euphorbia Collection

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Cushion spurge -Euphorbia epithymoides-

Euphorbia, Spurge, Euphorbia characias wulfenii
818 Spurge - Mediterranean spurge Euphorbia characias wulfenii

Euphorbia (Euphorbia jolkinii) leaves turning red in autumn. Napa Hai, Shangri-la, Yunnan Province, China. September

Africa, Namibia, Damaraland, Etendeka Plateau. View over the landscape with its typical table mountains and euphorbia bushes

Africa, Namibia, Namib. Euphorbia Virosa

Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia
5855999 Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia; (add.info.: Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)

Apothecary's euphorbia, Euphorbia officinalis 1 and white cinnamon, Canella alba 2
FLO4574425 Apothecary's euphorbia, Euphorbia officinalis 1 and white cinnamon, Canella alba 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder"

Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge, Euphorbia peplus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical
FLO4667346 Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge, Euphorbia peplus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Caper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, and wolfsmilk spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a
FLO4667286 Caper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, and wolfsmilk spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Rhino and the tree spurge, c.1910. Creator: Gallen-Kallela, Akseli (1865-1931)
Rhino and the tree spurge, c.1910. Private Collection

Hercules club / Canary Island Spurge (Euphorbia canariensis) in montane habitat, with flat topped mountain ridge in background, Parque Rural de Teno, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Crown of thorns, Euphorbia milii var. splendens
Crown of thorns, Christ plant or Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Spendid euphorbia, Euphorbia splendens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs

Euphorbia tree near Solio escarpment, Laikipia County, Kenya

euphorbia fulgens white king, euphorbia, spurge
4368 Euphorbia / Spurge Euphorbia fulgens White King

Candelabra tree, Euphorbia, Euphorbia candelabrum
Candelabra tree, Euphorbia candelabrum, Side view showing pattern against a blue sky.-

Euphorbia, Spurge, Euphorbia, Euphorbia characias wulfenii
Spurge, Mediterranean spurge, Euphorbia characias wulfenii, growing outdoor.-

Spurgea Fireglow, Euphorbia griffithii Fireglow SpurgeA Fireglow
Spurge Fireglow, Euphorbia griffithii Fireglow, orange red coloured flower cluster

Day gecko (Phelsuma sp. ) with extended tongue lapping up nectar from crown of thorns
Day gecko (Phelsuma sp.) with extended tongue lapping up nectar from crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) flower, Madagascar

Europe, Italy, Liguria, Glimps of the town of Cervo near Imperia with the church of Saint John

Wild landscape with Euphorbia and agave near Barranco del Cabrito, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

Europe, Italy, Sardinia. The rocky coast near Nebida and the Pan di Zucchero seen from the footpath at sunset

Cactus Euphorbia close to Cofete beach, Jandia peninsula, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

Europe, Italy, Sicily. In the nature reserve Bosco della Ficuzza

Europe, Italy, Cinque Terre. A view from a hiking path over the sea

Europe, Italy, Cinque Terre. Riomaggiore in Spring Time

Hyenanche globosa Lam. or Toxicodendrum capense of globosum (Cape wolvegift), in or after c.1780

Euphorbia Bupleurifolia Jacq. 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Euphorbia Bupleurifolia Jacq. 1777-1786

Canary Islands - Euphorbia canariensis (Canary Island Spurge). Date: circa 1930s

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Argentina, Salta Province, Los Cardones National Park. Candelabra Cactus (Euphorbia trigona), road to Cachi. Date: 14/01/2006

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Candelabra Tree silhouetted at sunrise, Euphorbia ingens, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Date: 11/11/2005

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Male kudu with horns, Namibia. Date: 12/08/2006

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Greater kudu male stands in front of euphorbia plants, Palmwag Conservancy, Namibia. Date: 12/08/2006

Weewaks Kitten, 1950
RAV66510 Weewaks Kitten, 1950 by Ravilious, Tirzah (nee Garwood) (1908-51); Private Collection

Poisonous snakes and plants (colour litho)
971860 Poisonous snakes and plants (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poisonous snakes and plants)

Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Crown of thorns, Euphorbia milii (Euphorbia bojeri). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia pulcherrima). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Chameleon spurge, Euphorbia dulcis, and tree spurge, Euphorbia dendroides. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge, Euphorbia peplus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Tree spurge, Euphorbia dendroides, and broadleaf spurge, Euphorbia platyphyllos. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia, and cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Myrtle spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites, and sea spurge, Euphorbia paralias. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Caper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, and wolfsmilk spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Milk barrel spurge, Euphorbia cereiformis (Euphorbia polygonata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Medusas head, Euphorbia caput-medusae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Spurge hawk-moth on cypress spurge
Spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae, caterpillar and pupa on cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparrisias. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Euphorbia officinarum, Euphorbe. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Upright warty spurge, Euphorbia stricta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Christmas star or poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima (Showy poinsettia, Poinsettia pulcherrima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs Priscilla Bury from Benjamin

Jamaican poinsettia or Crimson-flowered euphorbia, Euphorbia punicea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Scarlet plume, Euphorbia fulgens (Jacquinia-flowered euphobia, Euphorbia jacquiniiflora Euphorbia jacquiniaeflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Broad-leaved spurge, Euphorbia epithymoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London

Honey spurge, Euphorbia mellifera
Honey spurge or honey-bearing euphorbia, Euphorbia mellifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T

Oleander hawk-moth and spurge hawk-moth
Oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 1, and caterpillar on oleander flower, Nerium oleander, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 2, and caterpillar on leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula

Caper spurge or paper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Spurge, Euphorbia officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Resin spurge, Euphorbia resinifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Curtis British Entomology Plate 589
Diptera: Peronecera fuscipennis = Hexatoma fuscipennis (Curtis) [Plant: Euphorbia helioscopia (Sun Spurge)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 322
Coleoptera: Cafius fucicola (Sea-shore Cafius) [Plant: Euphorbia portlandica (Portland Spurge)] Date: 1824-39

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Diptera: *Milesia speciosa (cf. Caliprobola speciosa. Beautiful Milesia Hover-fly) [Plant: Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 3
Lepidoptera: Deilephila euphorbiae = Hyles (Celerio) euphorbiae (Spurge Hawk) [Plant: Euphorbia paralias (Sea Spurge)] Date: 1824-39

PD. 109-1973. f9 (LtoR) Spurge and Lilium Chalcedonicum (w / c on vellum)
FIT107852 PD.109-1973.f9 (LtoR) Spurge and Lilium Chalcedonicum (w/c on vellum) by Robert, Nicolas (1614-85); 27.7x20.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

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Close up of Spurge flowers, Euphorbia Amygdaloides Robbaie

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Close up of Spurge flowers, Euphorbia Amygdaloides Robbaie

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Close up of Spurge flowers, Euphorbia Amygdaloides Robbaie

Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae, Wood spurge
Plants, Flowers, Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae, Light green flowers on bracts of Wood spurge also known as Mrs Robbs bonnet

Euphorbia echinus, Euphorbia, Euphorbia echinus
Euphorbia echinus, Mass of green spiky plants growing outdoor.-

Euphorbia polyacantha, Euphorbia, Euphorbia polyacantha
Euphorbia polyacantha, Mass of spiky plants growing outdoor.-

Euphorbia enopla, Euphorbia, Pincushion Euphorbia
Pincushion Euphorbia, Euphorbia enopla, Close up showing spiky texture

Pincushion Euphorbia, Euphorbia, Euphorbia enopla
Pincushion Euphorbia, Euphorbia enopla, Close up showing spiky texture

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Spurge, Euphorbia characias wulfenii. Shrub with clustered leaves and large rounded head of small greenish yellow flowers held within cupped bracts

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Spurge, Euphorbia characias wulfenii. Close, cropped large rounded head of small greenish yellow flowers held within cupped bracts

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), three nectaring on Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), resting on red bracts. In butterfly house, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

British Poisonous Plants, mid-late 19th century. Creator: Cassell & Co
British Poisonous Plants, mid-late 19th century. 1. Water Hemlock (Cicuta virosa). 2. Hemlock (Conium maculatum). 3. Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). 4. Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias). 5

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) flowers, in a chinampa wetland agricultural system, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, November

Flowering Myrtle Spurge -Euphorbia myrsinites-, Dilek National Park, Kusadasi, Aydin province, Aegean region, Turkey

Gopher Spurge or Upright Myrtle Spurge -Euphorbia rigida-, Mediterranean region

Crown of Thorns -Euphorbia milii-, Spain

Crown of Thorns, Marrakech, Morocco

Close-up of a marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on a cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias) blossom in a meadow in spring, Styria, Austria

Malahide Castle, Talbot Botanic Garden, Malahide, Co Fingal, Ireland

Tree Form Bush Spurge -Euphorbia lambii-, endemic to La Gomera, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, La Gomera, Agulo, Canary Islands, Spain

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"Euphorbia: A Fascinating World of Poisonous Plants" Step into the enchanting world of Euphorbia, a diverse genus of plants that captivates with its unique characteristics. From the striking cyme with cyathia of Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant -Euphorbia milii- in Madagascar, Africa to the vibrant Cushion spurge -Euphorbia epithymoides-, these plants never fail to leave us in awe. One cannot overlook the majestic presence characias wulfenii, also known as Spurge, which adds an elegant touch to any landscape. Journeying through Camino del Prois on the road to Pirate Bay in Tijarafe, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain reveals the breathtaking beauty of Canary Island Spurge -Euphorbia canariensis-. Its presence alongside agave creates a wild and captivating scenery near Barranco del Cabrito in La Gomera. In Napa Hai's Shangri-la region lies Euphorbia jolkinii; its leaves turning a fiery red during autumn create a mesmerizing sight against nature's backdrop. Meanwhile, Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) flowers thrive within chinampa wetland agricultural systems—a testament to their adaptability and allure. As we explore further across continents and terrains, we encounter Namibia's Namib desert showcasing the resilient Euphorbia Virosa amidst its arid landscapes. Even Europe boasts its own wonders; Italy's Sardinian rocky coast near Nebida provides an idyllic setting where Euphorbias harmonize with panoramic sunsets. However bewitching they may be visually, it is crucial to remember that many species within this genus are poisonous plants. Their alluring appearances should be admired from afar while respecting their potential dangers.