Species · genus Euphorbia · Euphorbiaceae

Wood Spurge

Euphorbia amygdaloides L.

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine

Reference · E. amygdaloides

Cultivars of E. amygdaloides

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under E. amygdaloides yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Euphorbia amygdaloides is a hardy perennial native to woodland edges and temperate scrub across Europe, the Caucasus and Iran, so it tolerates a range of conditions but resents sitting wet. Give it a bright spot with some indirect light, gritty well-draining mix, and let the top inch or two of soil dry before watering. Its cut stems exude a milky latex that should not contact skin or eyes.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

5–24 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, moderately fertile loam

Propagation

Division or stem cuttings

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Chartreuse-green flower bracts in spring

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Euphorbiaceae produce an irritant milky latex that can burn skin, eyes and mucous membranes. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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