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A plant by Glenn Ehrenberg, Inaturalist.org.


Dormant plant  by Glenn Ehrenberg, Inaturalist.org.


The male flower by Glenn Ehrenberg, Inaturalist.org.


The leaves by Glenn Ehrenberg, Inaturalist.org.

Author: 

Bijan Dehgan & Grady Linder Webster, 1978

Family: 

EUPHORBIACEAE

Origin: 

Baja California; Mexico

Soil: 

Mix - Grit

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

20 Centimetres?

Height: 

100 Centimetres

Flower: 

White

Propagate: 

Seeds/Cuttings

Names: 

Moran's Lomboy

Synonyms: 

-

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Bijan Dehgan and Grady Linder Webster in 1978. It is found in a small area of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California; western Mexico. It is growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex might grow to 20 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 100 centimetres in height. The flowers are white.

The genera name from the Greek words ἰατρός; iatros, meaning 'physician', and τροφή; trophe meaning 'nutrition', as to medicinal uses. Then species is named after Reid Moran, 1957-1982, a field botanist, Crassulaceae expert and curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum


Fruit and flower by Jon P. Rebman, Inaturalist.org.


Kind of caudex by Glenn Ehrenberg, Inaturalist.org.