(Imported from text file) |
m (Text replacement - "http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/plants-toxic-if-eaten-by-man.html" to "Phil Bendle Collection:Poisonous Plants in New Zealand") |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
'''Common name:''' Milkweed, Petty spurge, Radium weed or Cancer weed | '''Common name:''' Milkweed, Petty spurge, Radium weed or Cancer weed | ||
<br /> | [[File:Skull and crossbones1.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br /> | ||
This plant is poisonous<br /> | This plant is poisonous<br /> | ||
Visit [[ | Visit [[Phil Bendle Collection:Poisonous Plants in New Zealand]] | ||
Euphorbia peplus is a species of Euphorbia, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated, arable land, gardens, and other disturbed lands. Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions. | Euphorbia peplus is a species of Euphorbia, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated, arable land, gardens, and other disturbed lands. Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions. | ||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
Medicinal uses: The milky latex sap is toxic, and used as a therapeutic agent for the removal of warts and sunspots on the skin.[1] The anti-tumour component of Euphorbia peplus is ingenol mebutate. Commercialisation as a topical gel PEP005 has undergone trials showing that it is effective in treating superficial basal cell carcinomas. | Medicinal uses: The milky latex sap is toxic, and used as a therapeutic agent for the removal of warts and sunspots on the skin.[1] The anti-tumour component of Euphorbia peplus is ingenol mebutate. Commercialisation as a topical gel PEP005 has undergone trials showing that it is effective in treating superficial basal cell carcinomas. | ||
[ | [[File:Euphorbia peplus Pretty Spurge -003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Euphorbia peplus Pretty Spurge -004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The tiny flowers | The tiny flowers[[File:Euphorbia peplus Pretty Spurge -006.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Photos below are of a young plant. | Photos below are of a young plant.[[File:Euphorbia peplus Milkweed Petty Spurge-8.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[[File:Euphorbia peplus Milkweed Petty Spurge-7.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[[File:Euphorbia peplus Milkweed Petty Spurge-6.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[ | |||
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 15:28, 12 February 2020
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. peplusbia
Binomial name: Euphorbia peplus
Common name: Milkweed, Petty spurge, Radium weed or Cancer weed
This plant is poisonous
Visit Phil Bendle Collection:Poisonous Plants in New Zealand
Euphorbia peplus is a species of Euphorbia, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated, arable land, gardens, and other disturbed lands. Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions.
It is an annual plant growing between 5–30 cm tall (most plants growing as weeds of cultivation tend towards the smaller end), with smooth hairless stems. The leaves are oval-acute, 1–3 cm long, with a smooth margin. It has green flowers in three-rayed umbels. The glands, typical of the Euphorbiacae, are kidney-shaped with long thin horns.
Medicinal uses: The milky latex sap is toxic, and used as a therapeutic agent for the removal of warts and sunspots on the skin.[1] The anti-tumour component of Euphorbia peplus is ingenol mebutate. Commercialisation as a topical gel PEP005 has undergone trials showing that it is effective in treating superficial basal cell carcinomas.
The tiny flowers
Photos below are of a young plant.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
