Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Nothing else quite like it given these browny-purple glands - ssp. veneta instead they are greeny then turn orangey and a bit brown. Also note the hairy fruit - classic for all ssp of Mediterranean Spurge.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. characias) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Nothing else quite like it given these browny-purple glands - ssp. veneta instead they are greeny then turn orangey and a bit brown. Also note the hairy fruit - classic for all ssp of Mediterranean Spurge.

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Although not in a truly wild setting, they do naturalise hence my including this here.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. characias) (28/03/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Although not in a truly wild setting, they do naturalise hence my including this here.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. characias) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). ssp. characias instead has dark glands.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). ssp. characias instead has dark glands.

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). It's a very distinctive plant - quite large so easy to spot from a distance!

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (28/03/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). It's a very distinctive plant - quite large so easy to spot from a distance!

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Classic giss for Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (28/03/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). Classic giss for Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (28/03/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).

Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land).

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (02/04/2022) Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land).

Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land). I think these leaves must be sun-stressed.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (02/04/2022) Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land). I think these leaves must be sun-stressed.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (02/04/2022) Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land).

Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land). This one has some quite unusual markings on the glands, but must be ssp. veneta as ssp. characias has uniformly dark glands.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (08/05/2022) Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (farm at the top, by footpath growing in waste land). This one has some quite unusual markings on the glands, but must be ssp. veneta as ssp. characias has uniformly dark glands.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). All ssp of Mediterranean Spurge have hairy fruits quite unlike most other spurges.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery). All ssp of Mediterranean Spurge have hairy fruits quite unlike most other spurges.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).

Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).Some fruits can grow pretty large.

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. veneta) (11/05/2022) Upper Beeding, Steyning, W Sussex (on verge near doctors' surgery).Some fruits can grow pretty large.