Purple spurge (Euphorbia peplis)
Description
Euphorbia peplis is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.It is a small, prostrate annual plant, the stems growing to 10–20 cm long, typically with four stems from the base. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1–2 cm long, grey-green with reddish-purple veins.At the northern edge of its range in England, it has always been rare, and is now extinct
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Genus: Euphorbia
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