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Euphorbia paralias (Sea Spurge) |
Euphorbia paralias (EUPHORBIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Euphorbia paralias L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 458 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Euphorbiaceae
Juss. (The Spurge Family)
24 species from the Euphorbiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Sea Spurge | Maltese name(s) : | Tengħud tar-Ramel | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule III and VI of legal notice LN311/2006. (strictly protected species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Sandy sea-shores. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Confined to sandy seashores. |
Botanical Description: |
Glabrous, glaucous, somewhat fleshy, caespitose perennial up to 70 cm, branched from the base, and with 0-9 axillary rays. Leaves 3-30 x 2-15 mm, lowest ones obovate-oblong, middle ones elliptic-oblong and upper ones ovate; all entire, adaxially concave, imbricate. Ray-leaves like the upper cauline. Raylet-leaves suborbicular-rhombic to reniform, strongly adaxially concave. Rays 3-6, up to 3 times dichotomous. Glands emarginate. Capsule 3-5 x 4.5-6 mm, deeply sulcate, granulate on the keels. Seeds 2.5-3.5 mm, broadly ovoid, smooth, pale grey. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=16 |
Distributional range: |
Coasts of W. & S. Europe, from Ireland and the Netherlands to Romania. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Au Be Bl Br Bu Ca Co Cr Cy Cz Eg Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Rm Sa Si Sn Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |
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