Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Euphorbia peplus
Common name
Petty spurge, Radium plant
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Where found
Moist disturbed sites, especially gardens. Widespread. Occasional on the Western Slopes, Kosciuszko National Park, and ACT.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 0.40 m tall. Stems hairless, often turning reddish. Lower leaves alternating up the stems, leaves on flowering branches opposite each other. Leaves 0.5-2.5 cm long, 3-16 mm wide, hairless, margins entire. Flowers yellowish green, tiny, with 0 petals, in small heads that look like a single flower, each head with several male flowers surrounding 1 female flower. Flower heads single., Flowers most of the year. Seed cases about 2 mm in diameter.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Euphorbia~peplus (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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