| Author: | Hermann
Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth, 1909 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Western
Cape; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
15 (20)
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green (/ White) |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Hermann Wilhelm
Rudolf Marloth in 1909. It is found in the Western Cape and Cape
Province of South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with little
to some water and lots of sun. The central caudex can grow to ten
centimetres, the whole plant up to 20 centimetres. The flowers are
green with a white centre.
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 Latin; crassus; 'thick' and Latin -pedes;
'foot' for the swollen stem. |
