Latin name: Euphorbia terracina L.
  Pronunciation: yoo-FOR-bee-a ter-a-SEE-na

  Common name: Terracina spurge
  Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)
  Habitat: Beaches, roadsides, open slopes at quite low
  elevations, becoming established in coastal regions from
  Malibu to Palos Verdes, native to the Mediterranean

  Blooming period: Spring
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Euphorbia
  2) terracina
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