Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). Could be mistaken for Broad-Leaved Spurge but that does not have the very yellow, leaf-like, bracts and has quite different cyathia (the weird yellow disc shaped things).
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). A dense arrangement of flowers - Broad-Leaved Spurge instead has a looser arrangement.
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). Has a dense array of flowers with obviously yellow bracts.
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood).
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). Classic glaucous, but with yellow-tinges, leaves.
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). Hairy main stem.
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) (20/06/2022) Footpath behind Sands Farm, Sands Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (that takes you to Tottington Wood). Classic hairless but bumpy seed capsules. Upright Spurge (E. stricta) and Broad-Leaved Spurge (E. platyphyllos) have gnarly capsules - but both species look very different to this Balkan Spurge as plants.
