Thanks to Mary and Someone.
You are right is is Euphorbia lathyrus or mole plant or gopher spurge,
a southern European native. I just hadn't seen it in this part of the
world before..

Bob

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:27:11 -0000, "someone"
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"Robert Chehey" wrote in message
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Mary is right. Here in England we call it a Mole Plant because it's reputed
to repel moles from your garden. We don't have moles, so it must work :-)

someone