| Scientific Name: | Euphorbia polychroma |
| 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: | Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Whorled, Soft flexible, Lanceolate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyathium, Yellow, Green-yellow, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small plant with multiple upright stems; leaves produce shades of red, orange, and purple in autumn; flowers with electric yellow bracts bloom on a low cushion in April and persist, but gradually fade as stems elongate to form a 40cm tall mound by midsummer. | |