Taxonomy: Fam. Euphorbiaceae// Genus: Euphorbia// Species: Euphorbia taurinensis All.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Smith and Tutin in Tutin at al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Northwest Caucasus and Cyprus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry grasslands/ hill pastures, rocky terrains, river gorges, edges and clearings of woods and forests.
Flowering period: Spring – summer: APR, MAY, JUN, JUL.
Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – inflorescence. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – inflorescence. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – part of inflorescence with capsules and rayet-leaves; Seeds – scale in mm.Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – rayet-leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – rays and ray-leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – ray-leaves and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cauline leaf. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Shtalkovica, 11.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – upper part of stem with inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – developing inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – upper cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – stem with cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – lower cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – lower part of plant and plant base. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – developing stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – fully developed inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – cyathiums. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis -inflorescence with capsules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Euphorbia taurinensis – capsule. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Euphorbia L. Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 846 – 876.
Euphorbia L. Smith, A.R. and Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 213 – 226.
