| Author: | Pierre
Edmond Boissier, 1860 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Botswana,
Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
18
Centimetres |
| Height: |
30 (130)
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Lion's
Spoor |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia basutica Marloth.
Euphorbia truncata
N. E. Br. = Euphorbia clavarioides var. truncata |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Pierre Edmond
Boissier in 1860. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa,
growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The
centre can grow to 18 centimetres in diameter, forming a 30
centimetre high and even up to 130 centimetre wide cushion, which
will get yellow flowers.
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 means 'resembling the genera Clavaria'. |
