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Can anyone identify?

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Flyingfruit · 01/08/2017 19:21

Can anyone identify this? We have three that have appeared in our front garden.

Can anyone identify?
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Bumblebeebuzzybee · 01/08/2017 19:24

It looks like a wild euphorbia to me - they are poisonous i think and the sap can irritate the skin so maybe get rid if you have children! Having said that we have them in our garden and the kids know not to touch them!

Flyingfruit · 01/08/2017 19:25

Oh wow. I shall google that. Do they flower? Thanks.

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Bumblebeebuzzybee · 01/08/2017 19:27

Yes they do flower but it's a kind of lime green little leaves in a clump kind of look - great fillers in large flower arrangements but you need to sear the cut ends to stop the sap bleeding!!

SoupDragon · 01/08/2017 19:30

The flower is pretty uneventful really. I've had the damn things self seeded all over my front garden and driveway and I hate them :)

Flyingfruit · 01/08/2017 19:33

I think the plant is quite nice to look at itself, just wasn't sure where it came from!

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JT05 · 01/08/2017 19:42

It could be, but it also looks like a type of Rose Bay Willow herb. It has pink flowers growing from the top and is a wild flower.

Trethew · 01/08/2017 22:08

Bumblebee has it - it's caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

SoupDragon · 02/08/2017 09:50

Having googled, the "fruits" are poisonous.

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