Latin name: Euphorbia lathyris L.
  Pronunciation: yoo-FOR-bee-a LA-thi-ris

  Common name: Caper spurge
  Family: Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia)
  Habitat: Waste areas, roadsides below 600', native to
  Europe

  Blooming period: Most of the year
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Euphorbia
  2) lathyris
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