This section is from the book "Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers", by Caroline A. Creevey. Also available from Amazon: Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers.
This and the following species are often cultivated, and have escaped from gardens. The cypress spurge is low, 8 to 10 inches high, with flowers in spreading umbels, on closely crowded stems. Leaves, on the stem long, and narrow, those near the flowers somewhat heart-shaped.
Perennial plants from rootstocks. Rather common.
 
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