Euphorbia esula L., 1753 43% complete

Leafy spurge

Sp. Pl.: 461 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Euphorbia esula, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 461 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Leafy spurge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Azores to Temp. Eurasia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 57 cm
  • 57 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 164, 236, 500, 663, 918, 925
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 165 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower color yellow Differs from sources
Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 80 cm
  • 80 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 164, 236, 500, 663, 918, 925
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug, sep
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 175 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 236, 443, 818, 879, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 164 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record