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Euphorbia helioscopia

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φύσις ἑκάστῳ τοῦ γένους ἐστὶν πατρίς → Natura generi cuique tamquam patria est → Die Heimat seiner Art ist jedem die Natur

Menander, Monostichoi, 210

Wikipedia EN

Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge or madwoman's milk, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and eastward through most of Asia. Additional folk names include wart spurge, summer spurge, umbrella milkweed, and wolf's-milk.