Common Name: leafy spurgeScientific Name: Euphorbia esula L.Family Name: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots Stemsupright, branching, blueish-green, smooth, milky sap when broken, usually growing in clusters Leavesalternate, lanceolate to linear or oblong, entire, sessile, smooth, blueish-green, often drooping, leaves below inflorescence are oval to lanceolate and whorled, bracts in the infloresences heart- or kidney-shaped and opposite