Species · genus Euphorbia · Euphorbiaceae

Cypress Spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias L.

Also known as: Graveyard Spurge · Spurge Cypress · Cemetary Spurge

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia

Reference · E. cyparissias

Cultivars of E. cyparissias

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

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

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Euphorbia cyparissias is a hardy perennial of open, sunny European meadows and dry grassland, so it wants full direct light and a gritty, fast-draining mix. It stores against drought and rots if kept wet — let the mix dry out fully and water only when the top two inches are dry to the touch. It tolerates cool, dry household air and dislikes sitting in moisture around the roots.

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 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

5–25 °C

Soil mix

Ordinary well-draining mix; tolerates lean soil

Propagation

Division or seed; spreads by runners

Fertilizing

Minimal feeding; a light dose in spring suffices

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Chartreuse-yellow bracts in spring

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Euphorbiaceae produce an irritant milky latex that can harm skin, eyes, and mucous membranes if ingested. 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 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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