Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

Scientific name:	Euphorbia lathyris L.
Common Name:	Caper spurge
Status:
Habitat:	Most commonly reported as a weed of gardens, roadsides, disturbed areas and cultivated land it is also reported to invade riparian vegetation, warm temperate rainforest, coastal vegetation and woodlands (Butcher 1961; Carr, Yugovic & Robinson 1992; Cooper & Johnson 1984; Parsons & Cuthbertson 2001; Webb, Sykes & Garnock-Jones 1988).