Caper spurge

This native wild plant has striking opposite leaves! Its blue-green foliage is attractive, and its yellow-green flowers are popular with bees. The poisonous milky sap was formerly used by beggars to cause warts or other skin blemishes to appear, thereby eliciting pity. This is also the origin of the persistent misconception that this plant repels moles. After all, both words are "moles" in English. That's how everyone writes about everyone... Incidentally, there are still serious recommendations on the internet to use this plant against moles, voles, and field mice, who knows...! The height varies from 30-100 cm. The plant establishes itself firmly; be careful, almost all parts are poisonous, although the seeds, with careful use and long soaking, can serve as pseudo-capers. For medicinal applications, the plant is quite heavily toxic, although it is certainly being experimented with.

Names:
Latin: Euphorbia lathyris
Dutch: Kruisbladwolfsmelk
English: Caper Spurge, Moleplant