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| name = ''Euphorbia peplus''<br />
| image = Euphorbia peplus flowers.jpg<br />
| image_width = 240px<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]<br />
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]''<br />
| species = '''''E. peplus'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Euphorbia peplus''<br />
| binomial_authority = [[Linneaus|L.]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Euphorbia peplus''''' ('''Petty Spurge''') is a species of ''[[Euphorbia]]'', native to most of [[Europe]], northern [[Africa]], and western [[Asia]], where it typically grows in cultivated [[arable land]], [[garden]]s, and other disturbed land.<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16396 ''Euphorbia peplus'']</ref><ref name=flora>''Flora Europaea'': [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Euphorbia+&SPECIES_XREF=peplus&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Euphorbia peplus'']</ref><ref name="blamey">Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref><br />
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It should not be confused with the similarly spelled ''[[Euphorbia peplis]]'' (Purple Spurge).<br />
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It is an [[annual plant]] growing to between 5–30 cm tall (most plants growing as weeds of cultivation tend towards the smaller end), with smooth hairless stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval-acute, 1-3 cm long, with a smooth margin. It has green flowers in three-rayed umbels. The glands, typical of the Euphorbiacae, are kidney-shaped with long thin horns.<ref name="blamey"/><br />
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The milky latex sap is toxic, and used as a therapeutic agent for the removal of [[wart]]s on the skin{{Fact|date=June 2007}}. Recent work also suggests that it may also be effective in treating superficial [[basal cell carcinoma]]s.<ref name=goliath>Goliath:Skin and Allergy News Sep 07: [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7007525/Plant-based-compound-shows-efficacy.html#abstract''Plant-based compound shows efficacy against basal cell cs'']</ref><ref name=theage> The Age May 06:[http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/peplin-cancer-gel-shows-promise/2006/05/01/1146335659431.html''Peplin cancer gel shows promise'']</ref><br />
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Outside of its native range it is very widely [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] and often [[invasive species|invasive]], including in [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[North America]], and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions.<ref name=grin/><br />
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