Bath Wildlife Sightings
Euphorbia oblongata (Balkan Spurge), Bath City Farm, Twerton, ST7264
Date first seen
Date last seen
Frequency of Sighting
Species
Evidence
Quantity
1
Locality
Bath City Farm
Habitat
Car Park
Environmental Conditions
Sunny
Grid Reference
ST725641
Other Information
Erect, without stipules; alternate leaves on main stems; capsules with hemispherical warts about as wide as long; 2 glands on cyathia rounded on outer edge - Mike Williams. The wide white stripe on the leaves is quite distinctive. The leaf shape is different to that of E platyphyllos, and leaves of that species are toothed along the edges. These don’t look toothed. In keys though, they only really separate on whether they are annual and single stemmed or perennial and multi-stemmed. A young E oblongata might have only one stem, but they are usually tufted plants. - Helena Crouch.
Recorded by
Mike Williams
Identified by
Helena Crouch
