| Scientific Name: | Euphorbia epithymoides |
| Common Name: | golden spurge, cushion spurge |
| Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Oblong, Ciliate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyathium, Yellow, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small plant with multiple upright stems with toxic milky sap; leaves alternate (may appear whorled), lanceolate-oblong, most 3-5cm long x 1-2cm wide, produce shades of red, orange, and purple in autumn; flowers with electric yellow bracts bloom on a low cushion in Apr-May, gradually fade as stems elongate to form a 40cm tall mound by midsummer. | |