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Sea Spurge

Euphorbia paralias

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Description:

Sea spurge is a small leafy shrub, pale green in colour. It grows to about 70 cm in height and has multiple stems covered in small tightly packed leaves. Small green flowers appear at the end of the stems and bloom between September and May.

Habitat:

Sea spurge can grow anywhere on the beach front, from the high water mark to well into the dunes. It colonises both bare sand and the native dune vegetation. Sea spurge has also been found on rocky foreshores and rock shelves, on the steep back dunes and inside the mouths of coastal lakes and estuaries.

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PublishedDecember 4, 2011

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