Nice milkweed

Nice milkweed
	Nice Spurge ( Euphorbia nicaeensis )
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family :	Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae)
Genre :	Spurge ( Euphorbia )
Type :	Nice milkweed
Scientific name
	Euphorbia nicaeensis
	Alles.

The Nice spurge ( Euphorbia nicaeensis ) is a plant type from the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).

features

The Nice Spurge is a perennial , herbaceous plant or shrub , which reaches a height and 80 centimeters. The leaves are 3 to 18 millimeters wide, 10 to 75 millimeters long and narrowly lanceolate, oblong or ovate. There are no non-flowering side shoots on the stem under the mandrel. The umbel rays are usually forked once or twice.

The flowering period extends from June to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Nice milkweed occurs in southern and eastern Europe, southern central Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus on dry open sites.

Nice Spurge ( Euphorbia nicaeensis ) in Catalonia

Systematics

Several subspecies and varieties can be distinguished:

Euphorbia nicaeensis subsp. demnatensis (Coss. ex Batt. & Trab.) Breistr .: It occurs in northern Algeria.
Euphorbia nicaeensis var. Hispanica (Degen & Hervier) Cuatrec .: It occurs in eastern Spain and in northwest Africa.
Euphorbia nicaeensis subsp. nicaeensis : It occurs from eastern central Europe and southern Europe to Transcaucasia and northwest Africa.
Euphorbia nicaeensis subsp. prostrata (Fiori) Arrigoni: It occurs in Italy.

use

The Nice milkweed is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens. There are several varieties.

supporting documents

Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Euphorbia nicaeensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Euphorbia nicaeensis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 20, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Nice Spurge ( Euphorbia nicaeensis ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Euphorbia nicaeensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Euphorbia nicaeensis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 20, 2017.