Euphorbia helioscopia
| Euphorbia helioscopia | |
|---|---|
| Flowers and immature fruit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. helioscopia |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia helioscopia | |
Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge or madwoman's milk, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and eastward through most of Asia.
Additional folk names include wart spurge, summer spurge, umbrella milkweed, and wolf's-milk.