CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

SUN SPURGE

Description. The leaves are numerous, oblong, of an inverted oval figure, and serrated at the edges: they have no foot-stalks, and are smallest at the base, whence they are broader all the way to the end; their colour is blueish green. The flowers stand at the top of the stalk, in a broad spreading umbel; they are of a yellowish green.

Place. This sort is often found on garden borders, and in other cultivated grounds.

Time. It flowers in July and August.