Myrtle spurge is an invasive plant that can be found throughout Boise’s lower Foothills and along popular trails. It’s a succulent-like Mediterranean plant sometimes used as decorative landscaping in ...

Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) is a low growing perennial with trailing fleshy stems. Introduced from Eurasia as an ornamental in xeriscape gardens, myrtle spurge is highly competitive and ...

When Mike and Clarissa Tofel saw their twin daughters playing in some pretty yellow flowers in their yard, they thought nothing of it. They'd moved into the house the previous November, and in the ...

Individual myrtle spurge plants and their seeds are long lived. Seedpods explode in May and propel seeds up to 15 feet, and despite the plant’s toxicity, birds further spread the seeds. “We waited too ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Christina Hesley’s daughter once had a bad reaction to myrtle spurge. “My daughter was playing with a friend in a neighbor's yard and she just broke out in a hive-type rash pretty ...

My Santa Fe neighborhood it being taken over by a noxious weed called myrtle spurge. It is an “escaped ornamental” originally from Southern Europe and Central Asia. It was brought to the U.S. because ...

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Spotted spurge isn’t picky about growing conditions, so you’ll see it everywhere — from roadsides, sidewalks, and waste areas to suburban lawns and gardens. Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet ...