cypress spurge
euphorbia cyparissias latin

Cypress Spurge thrives in open, disturbed areas rather than forests or highly cultivated soil.

When broken, cypress spurge, like all spurges, emits a milky sap.

"For example, there's a tiny beetle that only eats cypress spurge, one of our major plant pests, and dies off after," she said.

In the northeast, hardy, fragrant E. cyparissias (cypress spurge) is a more widespread aggressor.

The larvae feed on Cypress Spurge.

Certain flea beetles have been found to be effective, but those may pose even more risk to native plants than the removal of the cypress spurge itself.

The caterpillars feed on various shrubs and herbaceous plants such as Calluna, Lotus and Cypress Spurge.

This beetle is a spurge specialist, preferring cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias) in its native range and readily attacking leafy spurge as its first alternate.

Euphorbia cyparissias, the Cypress Spurge, is a plant in the genus Euphorbia, which is native to Europe and was introduced to North America in the 1860s as an ornamental plant.

In its natural setting, Cypress Spurge thrives in dunes, pannes, coastal headlands and grasslands; in North America it is commonly found in the dry, gravelly soil of roadsides, pastures, and meadows.

Ask any gardener (especially those who go on tours frequently) and she'll reel off a list: feverfew, Japanese anemones, ranunculus, meadowsweet, opium poppies, silene, forget-me-nots, mints, bishop's weed, lysimachia, violets, cypress spurge, honeysuckle, plume poppies .

It causes small orange dots on the lower side of leaves on Euphorbia cyparissias.

This beetle is a spurge specialist, preferring cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias) in its native range and readily attacking leafy spurge as its first alternate.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia esula, Euphorbia incisa, Euphorbia cyparissias and to a lesser extent Euphorbia lathyris.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Rosaceae, Alchemilla alpina, Potentilla aurea, Filipendula ulmaria, Rubus fruticosus and Euphorbia cyparissias.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia species, including Euphorbia spinosa, Euphorbia pinea, Euphorbia cyparissias, Euphorbia virgata and Euphorbia platyphyllos.

Mexican daisy-flowered Erigeron karvinskianus, a stalwart coloniser of stone walls and paving cracks, infiltrates the front segment of the garden in the company of lime-green alchemilla and Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby', with its low haze of purple foliage topped with acid-yellow flower heads.