''Euphorbia serrata'' is a species of
spurge known by the common names serrated spurge and sawtooth spurge, and also known as Tintern spurge and upright spurge. It is native to Europe but it is present elsewhere as a weedy
introduced species
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This is a perennial herb growing anywhere from 20 centimetres to about half a metre in height.
[ The leaves are long and very narrow on most of the plant, with more oval-shaped leaves toward the tips of the stems.][ At the ends of the branches are ]inflorescence
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s of tiny flowers. The fruit is a spherical capsule about half a centimetre wide containing tiny gray seeds.[
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serrata
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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