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Euphorbia dallachyana branch NWS 1

Native warm-season perennial hairless herb with prostrate, ascending or decumbent stems mostly to 20 cm long. Leaves are circular, ovate or oblong, 2–10 mm long and 1.5–5 mm wide; margins entire or finely toothed.

Cyathia are very small on peduncles to 1 mm long; involucre about 0.7 mm long, glands ± ovate, red, with pink or white, narrow, mostly entire appendages. Capsules are green and 1.5–1.8 mm long, with a fringed receptacle appendage appressed to the base. Flowers in summer. Weed in pastures, on river banks or near railways. Reported as causing HCN poisoning in sheep.

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Uploaded on June 22, 2022
Taken on April 10, 2022