Mary Fisher wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 30/6/06 12:48, in article
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"Mary Fisher" wrote:

Spouse is desperate to know what this plant is.

http://i5.tinypic.com/167nktv.jpg

It grew in our garden last year as a volunteer, we left it because it
had
such an interesting form. this grows right at the edge of a trodden
earth
path, next to a concrete block

The flower is tiny, just a few stamens. The leaf stems have a bluish
bloom
which doesn't show on the picture. This specimen is about three feet
high
(1m).
It seeded last year and there have been several seedlings which we've
had
to
pull out to plant vegetables.

It would be nice to know.

Mary

p.s. I tried sending this last night, my sent items box says it went
but
it
didn't appear on my ng screen. If this is a duplicate I apologise.



It's a wild Euphorbia which, IME, never comes to much. It's the one
they
call caper spurge, I think (Euphorbia lathyrus). But don't try pickling
those seeds!

Thank you for that - but we think it's a fascinating plant, he wouldn't
have
me pull it out.

I'll tell him, he'll be pleased.

Mary


It can leave a nasty burn on the skin if you get the sap on you and don't
wash it off right away.