This is the least interesting of the spurges but by far the most successful plant of the family. It is a garden weed and will happily grow in waste places, rubbish dumps, verges, paths and pavements. It does have the typical Spurge reproductive parts of male and female flowers on the same plant but they are very small and you only see them easily with a hand lens.
Helsby, Cheshire 24th September 2004
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Added on December 12th 2004