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Euphorbia characias
Tall, upright plant with long, lanceolate leaves and green and red inflorescence.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
"This bush also has uses in traditional medicine; like many other species of genus Euphorbia its toxic white and sticky sap has been used to treat skin excrecences, like cancers, tumors, and warts since ancient times." - Wikipedia
Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 5, 2012
4 Comments
Hi sttweets, nice to see you on PN :) It sure does look like E. characias!
Might be Euphorbia Characias
Hi Karen, I agree. There are so many species!
It looks like a euphorbia of some species.