Cypress spurge
Cypress spurge is nowadays rare in the fields.
But it can be found in gardens on chalcky grounds.
This plant contain a white milky poison.
Flowering
From the start of spring, until the end of juli,
Cyprus spurge has nice yellow-greenish flowers.
invase in the USA
Cypress spurge and the narrow related Leafy spurge
been introduced in the USA and became invasive,
for example in Colorado. Biological Control of
Leafy Spurge and Cypress spurge can be effectively
done with a beetle, called Aphthona that only feeds
on these plants. It takes this beetle two or three
years to get things under control.
Cyrus spurge
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