Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Some anthers in the middle bearing yellow pollen, and the weird mickey-mouse looking things around the outside are the cyathia (glands). The purply thing is the developing "caper" (usually greyish though, not this quite unusual reddish tinge). But the mickey-mouse glands and leaves are good for Caper Spurge.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Some anthers in the middle bearing yellow pollen, and the weird mickey-mouse looking things around the outside are the cyathia (glands). The purply thing is the developing "caper" (usually greyish though, not this quite unusual reddish tinge). But the mickey-mouse glands and leaves are good for Caper Spurge.

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The giss of the plant (this one with fully ripe fruits).

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (29/06/2020) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The giss of the plant (this one with fully ripe fruits).

Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. This is a young plant - the "caper-like" fruits not yet formed.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. This is a young plant - the "caper-like" fruits not yet formed.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A young fruit developing. It is unusually dark, they are normally greyer. But the presence of the mickey-mouse ear glands and grey stems of the bracts make this Caper Spurge.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A young fruit developing. It is unusually dark, they are normally greyer. But the presence of the mickey-mouse ear glands and grey stems of the bracts make this Caper Spurge.

Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Classic glaucous leaves with a distinctive pale vein down the middle.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Classic glaucous leaves with a distinctive pale vein down the middle.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (08/05/2022) Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. No other spurge quite like it given these caper-like fruits which here are fully ripe.

Caper Spurge / Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyris) (29/06/2020) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. No other spurge quite like it given these caper-like fruits which here are fully ripe.