Euphorbia peplis

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Binomial name
Euphorbia peplis L.
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Euphorbia peplis (Purple Spurge) is a species of Euphorbia, native to southern and western Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, where it typically grows on coastal sand and shingle.

It should not be confused with the similarly spelled Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge), a common weed.

It is a small, prostrate annual plant, the stems growing to 10-20 cm long, typically with four stems from the base. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1-2 cm long, grey-green with reddish-purple veins.

At the northern edge of its range in England, it has always been rare, and is now extinct.