Attractive perennial of the south-west of Ireland, this member of the Euphorbia family grows in clumps along roadsides and in shady woodlands. Its bright yellow-green flowers are without petals or sepals, but are rings of tiny calyx-like bracts around one 3-styled female flower and a ring of 1-anthered male flowers. These flowers are borne on tall stems (to 60cm) and bloom from April to June. The untoothed, oblong leaves are tapering and stalkless. The fruits are 3-lobed capsules covered in little warts. The stem of this native plant, as of others of this species, contains a milky juice or latex.
I first identified this plant at Rath in Co Kerry in 1977 and photographed it at Dohilla also in Co Kerry, in 2008.
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