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This plant pops up all over my flower beds and in gravelled areas of my garden. It has a main stem that branches into 5 stems with a rosette of 5 leav...
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What is this plant that pops up all over my garden? #363114
Asked September 16, 2016, 11:09 AM EDT
This plant pops up all over my flower beds and in gravelled areas of my garden. It has a main stem that branches into 5 stems with a rosette of 5 leaves at its base, then each of those stems branches into 3 with 3 leaves at its base. Each of the three topmost stems has a small rosette of leaves with tiny green flowers and 1 small seed pod. If you break a part it exudes white sap.
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Thank you for contacting eXtension. Where are you located, geographically?
I'm in Warwickshire in the UK.
Hi I eventually found it online...it's called Sun Spurge! I was hoping I could eat it as it seems to grow so abundantly in my garden, but alas, it's highly toxic and the sap can irritate the skin, darn :-(
