Euphorbia helioscopia L.
First record: Ray, 1660
Tithymalus helioscopus Sun-Spurge. In fields. Ray,1660,163(117). [Probably includes E. peplus according to Ewen & Prime.]
Tithymalus helioscopius Sun-Spurge. Ray,1670:298.
Tithymalus helioscopius. Hujus altera species quam folio non crenato & minorem diximus eadem cum Peplo sive Esula rotunda Herbariorum; quam vide in appendice priore. Ray,1663,13; Ray,1685,26; Martyn,1727,70.
Euphorbia helioscopia Sun Spurge, or Wart-wort. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Waste and cultivated ground. Thinly spread throughout the county. Bab.1860,207.
There are also 229 records in Recorder, [R].
15
15W, GMS Easy, 1980.
23
Nr Ashwell; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
24
Morden Heath; WWN! Bab.MS.Fl.660.
Steeple Morden, GMS Easy, 1975.
25
Gamlingay. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
Nr Haley Wood; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
26
Papworth, GMS Easy, 1974.
33
33E, GMS Easy, 1978.
34
By Fen Road, Bassingbourn, between potatoes, 324.445, PD Sell 61/620, 6.9.1961, CGE; By Fen Road, Bassingbourn, potato patch in 'Newcut' field, 324.445, PD Sell 61/619, 6.9.1961, CGE; A.10, bean field edge, 369.431, infected with Melampsora euphorbiae causing elongation of the stems, PD Sell 88/467 & JG Murrell, 5.10.1988, CGE.
Royston; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
35
Boyd Custeron field near walnut tree, Little Eversden, 12.8.1948, EMB.ann.Bab.
38
Chatteris; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660; AF.cat.
39
Doddington. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
44
Foxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
Sawston, Miss Plowden, 8.1838, SWN.
Stubble field, Whittlesford to Newton Road, 458.484, frequent, PD Sell 88/451 & JG Murrell, 5.10.1988, CGE.
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Cambridge. Bab.MS.Fl.660; Cambridge, RH Lock, 7.1900, CGE.
Coldham Common, DM Neal, 1939.
Downing site, RA Lewin, 1941.
Plant Breeding Institute, Huntingdon Rd, EF Warburg, 1940.
Weed in Rockefeller Field, Storey's Way, JL Crosby, 1940.
Gog Magog Hills, Cambridge, JS Henslow, 17.5.1826, CGE; RA Lewin, 11.7.1941, CGE.
Grantchester, in a kitchen garden, TG Tutin, 1936.
Cherry Hinton, 7.4.1915, Ann.Lee; DM Neal, 1939.
Great Shelford, EA George, 1939.
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Cottenham. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
Ditton, JS Henslow, 9.6.1821, CGE.
Milton, CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Oakington; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
47
Sutton, AF.cat.
48
Rushbeach, AF.cat.
The Washes, AF.Flora.
54
Linton chalk pit, common, GMS Easy, 1974.
55
Field by Fleam Dyke, EF Warburg, 1940.
Fulbourn, Hb. CC Babington, 2.6.1852, CGE; Bab.MS.Fl.660; CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Six mile Bottom. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
56
Burwell, EA George, 1940.
57
By segment of old road, dumped earth, Elford Closes, 500.715, PD Sell 87/323 & JG Murrell, 23.9.1987, CGE.
Upware. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
58
var. umbella trifida, Ely, L.J., 30.7.1822, BATHG; Ely; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
66
Chippenham. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
Newmarket; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.660; Newmarket. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
67
Fordham, EA George, 1940.
The Hasse, F 24-25, AC Trueblood, 1940.
40
Wisbech. Bab.MS.Fl.660.
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Roadside, Newton near Wisbech, JL Crosby, 1936.
...Gardens & cornfields. Common. Specm. from my Garden at Bushy Place where it is a very common weed. Skrim.MS.
Weed in allotments by M&GN Yard, Wisbech, JL Crosby, 1939.
