spurge: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Euphorbia

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Cluster of bright pink crown of thorns flowers with rounded petals and yellow centers, surrounded by broad green leaves.

snow-on-the-mountain

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cypress spurge Euphorbia lathyris scarlet plume prostrate spurge sun spurge spotted spurge Euphorbia nyikae fire-on-the-mountain flowering spurge petty spurge

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous