Wood Spurge
Euphorbia amygdaloides L.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 79 cm
- wide
- —
Euphorbiaceae
Formerly Characias amygdaloides, Esula amygdaloides
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 79 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Catalan
- Lleteresa de bosc
- Czech
- pryšec mandloňovitý
- German
- Mandel-Wolfsmilch, Mandelblättrige Wolfsmilch
- Lower Sorbian
- Mandlowe wjelkowe mloko
- Spanish
- Titímalo macho
- Finnish
- Mantelityräkki
- French
- euphorbe des bois, Euphorbe des bois
- Upper Sorbian
- Mandlowa mlóčeń
- Hungarian
- Erdei kutyatej
- Italian
- Euforbia delle Faggete
- Dutch
- amandelwolfsmelk, Amandelwolfsmelk
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz migdałolistny
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- 3D model: Euphorbia amygdaloides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.