snow on the mountain close up

Snow On The Mountain – Plant

LATIN NAME
Euphorbia marginata

LONGEVITY
Annual

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Stiff, upright, widely branching, hairy annual. A most attractive plant, that is widely cultivated and is occasionally gathered and used in floral arrangements.
  • Flowers August to October.
  • Adapted to calcareous soils of prairies, roadsides, and waste places.
  • When wounded, this plant exudes a milky fluid that is poisonous; it will cause inflammation of the skin similar to that seen with poison-ivy or oak.
  • Livestock is poisoned by an acrid principle that severely irritates the mouth and gastrointestinal tract.
  • This plant rarely causes death.
  • “Snow-on-the-mountain” is generally found from central to west Texas, and “Snow-on-the-prairie” is found in the eastern to southern portion of Texas.

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