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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the euphorbiaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Acalypha pendula	firetail chenille; trailing red cattail	perennial (Z7b-10)	red	8"
Acalypha virginica	Virginia copperleaf; Virginia three-seed mercury	annual	greenish
Acalypha wilkesiana	copperleaf; Jacob's coat	perennial (Z10-11)	burgundy	to 10'
Chamaesyce maculata	spotted spurge	annual	insignificant	groundhugger
Croton monanthogynus	prairie tea; one-seed croton	annual	white (summer)	12"
Euphorbia amygdaloides	wood spurge	perennial (Z6-9)		18"
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii	spurge	perennial (Z6-8)	yellow (May-June)	24-36"
Euphorbia corollata	flowering spurge; poison spurge; prairie baby's breath	perennial	white (early summer)	3'
Euphorbia cyathophora	summer poinsettia	annual	orange bracts	2-3'
Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'	cypress spurge	perennial	yellow	6-8"
Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon'	chameleon spurge	perennial	yellow	12"
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'	spurge	perennial (Z6)		3'
Euphorbia hypericifolia	graceful spurge	annual	white (late spring-early fall)	6-24"
Euphorbia marginata 'Summer Icicle'	snow on the mountain	annual	white (summer)	18-24"
Euphorbia milii	crown of thorns	shrub (Z9-11)	red	to 3'
Euphorbia myrsinites	myrtle spurge	perennial	yellow	12"
Euphorbia nicaeensis	spurge	perennial (Z5-8)	yellow-green	18-24"
Euphorbia polychroma	cushion spurge	perennial (Z4-8)	yellow bracts (spring)	12-18"
Euphorbia pulcherrima	poinsettia	tender perennial/shrub (Z9-11)	yellow, with red bracts	to 10'
Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'	spurge	perennial (Z6-9)	red	20"
Jatropha podagrica	Buddha belly plant	perennial (Z10-11)	red	18-36"
Manihot grahamii	hardy tapioca tree	shrub/small tree (Z7-11)	green (summer)	12-15'
Phyllanthus urinaria	chamberbitter	annual	white	8-28"
Ricinus communis	castor bean	annual/tender perennial(Z9-11)	red (summer)	4'-10' (depends on cultivar)

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Last modified: December 11, 2014
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