Euphorbia pannonica Host (=Euphorbia nicaeensis All. var. lasiocarpa (Boiss.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts ) Macar sütleğeni (in Turkish)

Euphorbia pannonica Host (=Euphorbia nicaeensis All. var. lasiocarpa (Boiss.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts ) - Macar sütleğeni (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Similar to Euphorbia macroclada Boiss. (especially var. lasiocarpa), but caespitose; cauline leaves usually ± oblong, obtuse; glands truncate; cyathial lobes glabrous or ciliate, slightly smaller (3−4 mm diam.); fruits often densely pilose.

 

var. lasiocarpa (Boiss.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts

Stems usually few, ± erect, robust, usually exceeding 20 cm.

 

Flowering Time: May−August.

Habitat: Pinus nigra L. forest, scrub, steppe, limestone pavement, streamsides, s.l. −1800 m.

 

Reference:

Radcliffe-Smith A (1982). Euphorbia nicaeensis All., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 616−617.

Public Description:

Euphorbia pannonica, commonly known as “Macar sütleğeni in Turkish”, naturally grows in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Türkiye, the Caucasus and Southern Russia. It is a perennial, herbaceous plant with greenish-yellow flowers, and usually exceeding 20 cm. It blooms between May and August, is found in black pine (Pinus nigra L.) forest, scrub, steppe, limestone pavement, streamsides.

 

References:

Anonymous (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_nicaeensis, Accessed date: 22.01.2018.

Öztekin M (2012). Euphorbia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 414-424.