Common Name: cypress spurgeScientific Name: Euphorbia cyparissias L.Family Name: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed (rarely) and creeping roots Stemsupright, multiply from base, round, smooth, green to yellowish-green, leafy, branched above, milky sap Leavesalternate, sessile, narrowly oblong-linear, margins entire and rolled down slightly, smooth, light green, milky sap Flowersterminal umbels, greenish yellow to yellow, many male and a single female held together in cup, greenish-yellow heart-shaped bracts cupped around flower cup, bracts greenish-yellow to yellow become orange to burnt orange or brown when mature