page_title: Euphorbia marginata
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Euphorbia marginata / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Euphorbia marginata, Euphorbiaceae, Snow-on-the-mountain, Smoke-on-the-prairie, Variegated Spurge, Whitemargined Spurge, inflorescences; Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany. Deutsch: Euphorbia marginata, Euphorbiaceae, Schnee-auf-dem-Berge, Infloreszenzen; Botanischer Garten KIT, Karlsruhe, Deutschland. Français&#160;: Euphorbia marginata, Euphorbiaceae, Snow-on-the-mountain (Neige sur la montagne), Smoke-on-the-prairie (Fumée sur la prairie), Euphorbe panachée, Euphorbe marginée, inflorescences&#160;; Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Allemagne.
context_page_description: Euphorbia marginata is a small annual in the spurge family.
  It is native to parts of temperate North America, from Eastern Canada to the Southwestern United States. It is naturalized throughout much of China.
  The type specimen was collected in Rosebud County, Montana from the area of the Yellowstone River by William Clark during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
context_section_description: Snow-on-the-mountain has grey-green leaves along branches and smaller leaves (bracts or cyathophylls) in terminal whorls with edges trimmed with wide white bands, creating, together with the white flowers, the appearance that gives the plant its common names.
caption: Euphorbia marginata
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