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Snow On The Prairie
Euphorbia bicolor
Snow On The Prairie is an upright summer annual wildflower in the spurge family, its narrow upper leaves banded in white so a colony can blanket a field in what looks like fresh snow from a distance. Small white flowers cluster at the branch tips from mid to late summer into fall, drawing bees for nectar and pollen. Milky latex in the stems and leaves irritates skin and eyes on contact and honey made from its nectar can burn the throat, and it grows readily in hard clay ground across prairies and rangeland in both dry and wet conditions.
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Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
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- Soil
- Clay
- Moisture
- Dry · Wet
Vertical layer
Herbaceous- Soil pH
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- Plant type
- Annual
- Mature height
- 1–4 ft
- Mature spread
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- Seed
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