Albanian Spurge Close Up Green Perennial Stock Photography

Albanian Spurge also known as Euphorbia characias is a popular hardy landscape plant. It has many woolly stems and characteristic black or dark brown nectar glands in the cyathia, which are borne in dense spherical clusters, from spring to early summer. The fruits are smooth capsules. It is a tough plant, capable of resisting long periods of drought. It grows preferably in dry areas, often far away from the water table, both in flat as well as in mountainous terrain.