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Euphorbia cyathophora Murray (Euphorbia barbellata Engelm., Euphorbia graminifolia Michx.,
Euphorbia havanensis Willd. ex Boiss., Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. barbellata (Engelm.) Holz.,
Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. cyathophora (Murray) Griseb., Euphorbia heterophylla L. var.
graminifolia (Michx.) Engelm., Poinsettia barbellata (Engelm.) Small, Poinsettia cyathophora
(Murray) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia cyathophora (Murray) Klotzsch & Garcke var. graminifolia
(Michx.) Mohlenbr., Poinsettia graminifolia (Michx.) Millsp., Poinsettia havanensis (Willd. ex
Boiss.) Small) (fire-on-the-mountain, various-leaved spurge, wild pointsetta)* (occasionally
survives during the growing season in southwestern Ontario; more visible in NE USA)
Euphorbia cyparissias L. (Galarhoeus cyparissias (L.) Small ex Rydb., Tithymalus cyparissias (L.) Hill)
(cemetary spurge, cypress spurge, dead-man‟s spurge, grave spurge)*/**
Euphorbia davidii Subils (Euphorbia dentata auct. non Michx.) (David‟s spurge, dentate spurge toothed
spurge)*
Euphorbia epithymoides L. (bean euphorbia, cushion spurge)*/**
Euphorbia esula L. var. esula (Euphorbia intercedens Podp., Euphorbia podperae Croizat, Euphorbia
pseudovirgata (Schur) Soó, Galarhoeus esula (L.) Rydb., Tithymalus esula (L.) Hill) (Hungarian
spurge, leafy spurge, wolf's-milk)*/**
Euphorbia exigua L. (dwarf spurge, smaller spurge)*/**
Euphorbia helioscopia L. (Galarhoeus helioscopius (L.) Haw., Tithymalus helioscopius (L.) Hill)
(madwoman‟s milk, sun spurge, wart spurge, wartweed) (western Ontario)*/**
Euphorbia lathyris L. (Galarhoeus lathyris (L.) Haw., Tithymalus lathyris (L.) Hill) (caper-spurge,
moleplant, mole-plant, myrtle spurge) (ornamental)*
Euphorbia lucida Waldst. & Kit. (Galarhoeus lucidus (Waldst. & Kit.) Rydb., Tithymalus lucidus (Waldst.
& Kit.) Klotzsch & Garcke) (shining spurge, shiny spurge)*/**
Euphorbia marginata Pursh. (Agaloma marginata (Pursh) A. Löve & D. Löve, Dichrophyllum marginatum
(Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke, Lepadena marginata (Pursh) Nieuwl.) (ghostweed,
snow-on-the-mountain) (ornamental)*
Euphorbia myrsinites L. (Tithymalus myrsinites (L.) Hill) (donkey tail spurge, myrica spurge, myrtle
spurge) (ornamental)*
Euphorbia obtusata Pursh. (Euphorbia alta J.B.S. Norton, Euphorbia arkansana Engelm. & A. Gray,
Euphorbia dictyosperma Fisch. & C.A. Mey., Euphorbia obtusata Pursh, Galarhoeus arkansanus
(Engelm. & A. Gray) Small ex Rydb., Galarhoeus obtusatus (Pursh) Small, Tithymalus arkansanus
(Engelm. & A. Gray) Klotzsch & Garcke, Tithymalus missouriensis (J.B.S. Norton) Small,
Tithymalus obtusatus (Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke, Tithymalus spathulatus (Lam.) W.A. Weber)
(blunt spurge, blunt-leaved spurge, blunt-leaved wolf's-milk, warty spurge)
Euphorbia peplus L. (Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Rydb., Tithymalus peplus (L.) Hill) (petty spurge)*/**
Euphorbia platyphyllos L. (Galarhoeus platyphyllos (L.) Small, Tithymalus platyphyllos (L.) Hill)
(broad-leaved spurge, broad-leaved wolf's-milk)*/**
Euphorbia x pseudo-esula Schur (cyparissias x esula) (false leafy spurge, Gayer‟s spurge, hybird
spurge, Schur's spurge)*/** (debatable whether the identification is correct)
Mercurialis annua L. (boys-and-girls, common mercury, herb mercury)*
Ricinus communis L. (castor-bean, castor-oil-plant, palma christi) (rarely persists, but very poisonous)*
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