General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Leaves: Good fall color
Variegated
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Green and white
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Snow on the Mountain
  • Mountain Snow
  • Smoke-on-the-Prairie
  • Variegated Spurge
  • Euphorbia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Euphorbia marginata
  • Synonym: Agaloma marginata

Photo Gallery
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-09-09
- One large seed has set.
Location: Comal County, Texas
Date: 2016-08-26
Close-up of complex flowers
Location: Comal County, Texas
Date: 2016-08-26
They are blooming all along the roadways now.
Location: my garden

This plant obviously liked where it reseeded itself!
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2008-03-13
Location: Kerrville, TX
Date: August 29, 2003
Location: Comal County, Texas
Date: 2020-09-19
Location: Latvia University Botanical  gardens Riga
Date: 2018-09-11
Location: Red Rock, Texas
Date: 2021-09-03
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2011-08-13
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlinton, Texas.
Date: Fall 2011
This plants is very drought resistant.
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlinton, Texas.
Date: Fall 2011
This beautiful plant was given no water all summer.
Location: Colorado
Date: 2006-09-14
wildflower

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-08-26
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden
Date: August 10, 2012
At least 4 feet tall, these Euphorbia marginata look out of place
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden
Date: August 10, 2012
Euphorbia marginata

Reseeds freely every year

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Photo by Labelle
Photo by pphanfx
Photo by pphanfx

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kerrville, TX
Date: August 29, 2003
Location: My garden zone 5
Date: 2019-07-21

Credit NPS

Date: 2013-08-26

Date: 2013-08-26

Date: 2013-08-26
Location: Bandera Co., Texas
Date: August 2010
Snow-On-The-Mountain
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2009-08-03
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2009-08-03
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-08-09
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-08-09
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2009-08-03
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-08-09
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Plant Events from our members
gardengus On July 1, 2015 Bloomed
showing white bracks
lovesblooms On March 3, 2018 Seeds sown
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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What a beautiful photo! by kqcrna Apr 6, 2012 7:47 AM 2
Medicinal properties of snow on the mountain (Euhorbia marginata)? by lqa6649 Sep 11, 2017 9:43 PM 0

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