Species

Euphorbia peplus

Etymology

Euphorbia: after Euphorbus, a Greek physician who served King Juba of Numidia in 12BC. Juba named a cactus to honour Euphorbus and later Linnaeus named the entire genus after the physician.

Common Name(s)

milkweed

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

EUPPEP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Green,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, Mediterranean, Siberia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010