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Terracina spurge is a perennial, shrub-like herb, 3 ft tall. Stems are green to reddish, leafy, and branching at top to produce 4 or 5 flowering stems. Leaves alternate, light green, averaging 0.5 to about an inch in length. Leaf-like structure on the flowering stems are opposite and round in appearance. Flowers are yellow/green cup-like structures, small, not showy but distinct from bright, green leaves. Broken stems produce a milky sap. Flowers in late February through April. More