Euphorbia esula, commonly known as green spurge or leafy spurge, [1] is a species of spurge native to central and southern Europe (north to England, the Netherlands, and Germany), and eastward through most of Asia north of the Himalaya to Korea and eastern Siberia.

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is a perennial herbaceous plant, two to four feet tall. Stems, flowers and leaves emit a white milky sap when broken. Erect, smooth stems branch at the top. On the lower part of the stem, one to four inch leaves are smooth and lance shaped; more ovate near flower. Small, showy, yellow-green bracts open in late May.

The scientific name of leafy spurge is Euphorbia esula subg. Esula L. (Euphorbiaceae) [42,58,89,155]. Kartesz recognizes 3 leafy spurge varieties: leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula var. esula), Oriental leafy spurge (E. esula var. orientalis), and …

Leafy spurge is a perennial wildflower with a prolific growth rate that often grows in thick clumps. This plant is native from the Azores to temperate Eurasia and is typically found in waste places, roadsides, and dry soil.

Leafy spurge is a long-lived perennial that reproduces both by seed and underground adventitious buds on the root and root crown. Each flowering stem can produce between 30 and 130 seeds, and seed production per acre ranges from 25 to 4,000 …

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Euphorbia esula. [Accessed Sep 19, 2023]. Species Profile: Leafy Spurge. Crowds out native species (Gucker 2010)

Leafy spurge is an herbaceous plant that can grow up to four feet tall. It can cover open grassy areas, decrease native plant species, and reduce forage for grazing animals. Managers have released biological control insects to reduce the abundance of leafy spurge in Minnesota.

Euphorbia cyparissias × Euphorbia esula → Euphorbia ×‌pseudo-esula Schur is a very rare spurge hybrid in New England, known from MA, VT. It shows leaf blade outline most similar to E. cyparissias (i.e., narrow- linear), with many blades approaching or reaching 35 mm in …

First published in Sp. Pl.: 461 (1753) This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Azores to Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) was first introduced into eastern North America from Russia in the early 1800s. Other introductions were made in the midwest later in the century, probably as contaminants in seed grain.