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Euphorbia Lathyris, Linn. Caper Spurge. Mole Plant. Fig. 1447. Annual, 2-3 ft. tall: Lvs. long, lance- linear, those of the infl. ovate-acuminate: glands short-horned: caps, somewhat fleshy, ¼-½ in. diam. Eu., and naturalized in E. U. S. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11, pl. 11.—Cult. in old gardens. Caps, sometimes pickled, seeds used as a purgative. Said to drive away moles from its neighborhood (see Cornell Bull. 61:331); for a similar reason known as "gopher plant" in S. Calif.
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| name = ''Euphorbia lathyris''
| name = ''Euphorbia lathyris''