Thank you! I looked Euporbia up and found "Euphorbia portlandica" which looks exactly like what I have!

It's defnitely a Euphorbia but not at all sure about the species being portlandica. That is a somewhat tender species not often seen in this country in cultivation. A great many hardy euphorbias will produce flower heads similar to this. Where are you located and can you post a photo of the entire plant? And its size, if scale is not obvious?

It was about 12"-14" tall like I said and coming out of a flower bed. The flower beds have been dug up and replanted in by my landlord so unfortunately there are no pictures of the whole thing. This all there was though. just these stalks sticking straight up out of the flower bed which is covered by a porch. I picked them all and put them in a vase.

I'm located in Olympia,WA

The most common varieties of Euphorbia grown in local gardens that resemble yours are Euphorbia characias and Euphorbia x martinii. Based on the size of 12-14", I'd say most likely E. x martinii. E. characias can get huge.

Even just a glimpse of the leaves below the flower heads would confirm.

Oh the leaves on the stalks below were sparse and rounded. There were only 3 or 4 below the top branch off of each.