Nick Upton / Large Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias characias) flowering amongst limestone boulders. Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June.

Ernie Janes / Garden flowers, Bergenia 'Overture' and Spurge (Euphorbia characias subsp. characias) 'Humpty Dumpty' England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Spurge (Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii) in garden with Tulips (Tulipa) and urn, England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Wallflowers (Erysimum) 'Bowles's Mauve' and Spurge (Euphorbia characias subsp. characias) 'Humpty Dumpty' in flower in garden. England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias) and Hyacinths in flower growing in container pots, Norfolk, England, UK, March.

Loic Poidevin / Grove Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias) flower, Vendee, France, April

Constantinos Petrinos / Large Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias) Mount Pelion, Greece, March 2008.

Philippe Clement / Female flowers of Castorbean / Castor-oil-plant (Ricinus communis) native to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and India, July.

Nick Upton / Spurge hawkmoth caterpillar (Hyles euphorbiae) on Broad-leaved glaucous spurge / Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) stripped of its leaves, on limestone mountain top, Mount Olympus, Lesbos / Lesvos,...

Nick Upton / Spurge hawkmoth caterpillar (Hyles euphorbiae) feeding on Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) among sand dunes, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Greek spiny spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnos) in flower, Plakias, Heraklion, Crete, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / Large Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia wulfennii) near Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy