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| This specimen was seen on one of the Wild Harvest tours near the Cape Fear river. |
Common Name: Flowering Spurge
Other Common Names: Eastern Flowering Spurge, Poison Milkweed, Tramp’s Spurge, White-Flowerined Milkweed, Wild Hippo, Wild Spurge.
Botanical Family: Euphorbiaceae (The Poinsettia/Spurge Family)
Botanical Latin Name: Euphorbia corollata
Description & Habitat: This is a native herbaceous perennial that does well in poor soils just as long as they have good drainage. You can typically find them in prairies, pastures, glades and, along roads and rail roads. It also will appear along woodland paths which is where we found the specimen in the photograph. This plant develops a taproot that can go very deep into the soil making it very difficult to transplant after it’s established in an area. While it does posess milky sap that can cause skin and eye irritation, the claims of it being outright poisonous appear to be exaggerated since it can be used as a laxative. Consuming large quantities of this plant is not advised as the latex sap may cause issues. The seeds of this plant are fed on by Wild Turkeys, Greater Prairie Chickens, Bobwhite Quails, Mourning Doves and Horned Larks.
When & What to Harvest: The taproot once dried can be used as the basis for a laxative medication.
Non-Dangerous Lookalikes: None are known.
Related Dangerous Species: None are known.
Recipe: As far as I can tell this plant is not edible.
Additional Information: (If applicable)
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/euphorbia-corollata/
You can buy seeds here:
https://www.prairiemoon.com/euphorbia-corollata-flowering-spurge
With all that garden goodness covered this is the part of the blog where I have to advertise for the Fayetteville City Market. Now I know you readers probably don’t much like advertisements, but my booth at the City Market helps to cover the costs of running the test garden and literally maintains the Research & Development budget that is used to bring you the information that has made up the backbone of this blog. In addition to being able to process card payments we now take CashApp payments so your payment options for my product have tripled. With that said; if you want to get some GMO-free, Organic fruit, herbs, flowers and perennials, come on down to the Fayetteville City Market on 325 Maxwell Street in downtown Fayetteville between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Even in bad weather the market goes on though you might have to look for me under the ‘arches’ of the Transportation Museum’s front entryway.
For those of you wondering what plants are going to be at the market this weekend here is the list.
Fresh Foods:
Soup Kit – Parsnip
Soup Kit – Turnip
Garlic Bulbs
Soil Amendment Products:
Live Mushroom Compost – 18 Gallon Tote*
Live Mushroom Compost – 3 Gallon Bag
Live Mushroom Compost – 1 Gallon Bag
Sandhills Mushroom Farms – Lion’s Mane Tincture Sample size
Sandhills Mushroom Farms – Lion’s Mane Tincture
Sandhills Mushroom Farms – Turkey Tail Tincture
Garden Plants, Fall Foods:
Arugula, Astro
Cabbage, Pac Choi ‘Rosie’
Collards, Green Glaze
Kale, Prizm
Kale, Redbor
Sorrel, Raspberry Dressing
Coming Soon:
Houseplants for the holidays
*The 18 gallon tote is by special order only and is delivered to any address within the Fayetteville city area.
How to stay in Contact with Us!
Our group’s online presence has migrated to Nextdoor.com. All you need to keep up with all our activities is to have a Nextdoor account and to look for the ‘Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville’ group and ask to join! You don’t have to live in Fayetteville to join us! Feel free to ask all your garden questions of our knowledgeable membership and post your cool garden pictures.
Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville
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>Newest videos (1): Pak Choi ‘Rosie’
Meetings are still going on! Our next (unofficial) meeting is November 16th at the Fayetteville City Market at 325 Franklin Street between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.
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