Author: | Pierre
Edmond Boissier, 1860 |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Origin: |
South-East
South Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
20 (60)
Centimetres |
Flower:
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Green / Brownish Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
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- |
Synonyms: |
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This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family was described by
Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1860. It is found in south-eastern South Africa, growing in grit or
other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The
caudex can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the crawling branches will
reach for 60 centimetres. The flowers are green and brownish red.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species
name from
the Greek: "with very small spines".
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