Flowering Spurge

Host for: Bees and pollinators.

Flowers: June through October.

Plant Characteristics: Small flowers on top of a long stalk. These flowers appear in large clusters. 

Fun Facts: Has been used as a laxative, Spurge comes from the Latin word which means “to purge” or to rid.

• While wasps are much less efficient at pollination when compared to bees, they are still defined as important pollinators. 

• Crabronid wasps (Crabronidae) are attracted to the flowers of the flowering spurge (Euphoria corollata) due to their high volume of flowers.