Snow-on-the-Mountain
Euphorbia marginata
William Clark collected this curious plant while the Lewis & Clark Expedition explored Montana's Yellowstone River. Snow-on-the-Mountain is distinguished by white-edged and veined upper leaves and is now popular in cutting gardens.
On July 28th, 1806, William Clark, co-captain of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, collected this curious plant while exploring Montana's Yellowstone River. Plant hunter and botanist Frederick Pursh called it a "very handsome species" in his Flora Americae Septentrionalis (1813), which described many plants collected by Lewis and Clark. Snow-on-the-Mountain is distinguished by white-edged and veined upper leaves, is now popular in cutting gardens. Snow-on-the-Mountain tolerates deer, drought, and poor soils.
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Heirloom Seeds and Plants from the Monticello collection
Plant history in your gardens with seeds and plants from Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.
