| Scientific Name: | Euphorbia amygdaloides |
| Common Name: | wood spurge, Mrs. Robb's bonnet, purple wood spurge |
| Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Succulent, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Spatulate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyathium, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Rounded mounds 30-60cm tall, toxic milky sap; leaves alternate, most oblanceolate, 5-8cm long x 1-3.5cm wide, glossy green to dark purple-red undersides; cyathia are lime-green bracts, arranged in a raceme or panicle-like inflorescence ~20cm long. | |