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Plant identification help please. Outdoor large succulent?

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megletthesecond · 03/10/2020 13:29

Can anyone identify this.
It's a large, approx 1.5m high. Outdoors. Possibly some kind of succulent? Or fir?

Plant identification help please. Outdoor large succulent?
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Whitney168 · 03/10/2020 13:31

Euphorbia I would think.

Whitney168 · 03/10/2020 13:31

(Sap is poisonous, handle with care - well, with gloves! - if moving or digging out.)

megletthesecond · 03/10/2020 13:33

Ooo, you are good. Thank you.
I spotted it on a walk and it's something that might work in my small front garden. Thanks for the heads up about it being poisonous.

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MereDintofPandiculation · 04/10/2020 12:13

Sap is poisonous in the sense that if you get it on you and don't wash it off pretty quickly, it can give a photosensitive rash. I have a small patch on my leg that comes up as a non-itchy rash if I've been in the sun too long - but I am remarkably careless about covering up. It's not in the same league as giant hogweed where merely brushing against it may cause problems.

It's a close relative of the poinsettias that are sold at Christmas = they're also Euphorbia.

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