Euphorbia cyparissias


Read about Euphorbia cyparissias in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Euphorbia Cyparissias, Linn. Cypress Spurge and many local names. Fig. 1449. Many short plume-like branches from the crowns and adventitious root-buds, covered with spreading, narrowly linear, dark green Lvs. 1 in. long. Eu. L.B.C. 2:118. G.C. II. 22:469. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11, pl. 50.—Cult. in old gardens and cemeteries for its moss-like growth. Naturalized and a weed in E. U. S., but rarely producing seed here.


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