Many similarities to : Broad-leaved Spurge (Euphorbia platyphyllos) but the fruits are rounded and lack the many cylindrical projections of Upright Spurge. Both are about 80cm high, upright, with reddish stems and oval pointed leaves that are barely toothed at the extremities.

A rarish plant, rarer that the fairly rare Broad-leaved Spurge. This one was on the edge of the promenade gardens on the outskirts of the town. It is possible that it was purposely planted, but since there was only one specimen, this seems unlikely. Your Author concludes that it was a casual, since this was not the only 'weed' in the garden. The stems ooze a poisonous milky latex if broken.