| Author: | Robert Sweet, 1826 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cape
Province, South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
30
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Tithymalus crispus, Adrian Hardy Haworth, 1821 |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by
Robert Sweet in 1826. It is found in the Cape Province, South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some
to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter,
the stems up to 30 centimetres height. The flowers are pale
greenish.
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 meaning 'curled closely, crested', as the leaves
are, given light enough.
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