Euphorbia serrata L.

Spice In the field In the field 2

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Genus: Euphorbia

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: Euphorbia serrata has an enormous quantity of leaf shapes, ranging from linear and narrow to ovate and broad, but all of them have an irregularly serrated margin which is peculiar to the species (and which gives it its name). It is an evergreen spurge which lives in abandoned fields and along roadsides.