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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Occurrence and spread of Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias) along the west coast of Western Australia
KEIGHERY, G.J. AND DODD, J.

Euphorbia paralias along the west coast of Western Australia Euphorbia paralias L. (Sea Spurge) is a herbaceous perennial native to the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe, where it is locally abundant on sandy shores, young sand dunes and fine shingle (Blamey & Grey-Wilson 1987). It has become established along the southern coast of mainland Australia from Western Australia to Victoria and north-east Tasmania (Hnatiuk 1990).