Scientific Name:	Euphorbia hybrid cvs.
Pronunciation:	you-FOR-bee-uh
Common Name:	hybrid spurge
Family Name:	Euphorbiaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:	Leaves and flowers with distinct and uniquely variegation that changes with the seasons.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Container planting, Perennial border Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include E. 'Ascot Rainbow' (dark greyish-green rosettes of leaves on stiff stems), and E. 'Tiny Tim' (all E. x martinii) as well as E. 'Excalibur' (E. cornigera x E. schillingii).

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Colour in Summer: Green, Green-yellow, may be tinted purple when young Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Margins:

Inflorescence Type: Corymb-like, Cyathium Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Green-yellow, Green, Dark-red, Yellow, (dark red nectar glands) Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May, Jun Additional Info: Cyathia may be solitary but usually form in terminal cymes

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown, Green Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (BED) BEDding, container, or basket Location Map

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