| Author: | Rodolfo
Amando
Philippi, 1860 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Northern
Chile |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
20
Centimetres |
| Height: |
1,2 Meter |
| Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Lechero |
| Synonyms: |
Tirucalia lactiflua, P.V.Heath. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Rodolfo Amando
Philippi in 1860. It is found in a small costal area of
northern Chile, growing in a well drained soil with some winter rain
and lots of sun. The caudex will disappear by time, and the plant
will grow into a small bush, 120 centimetres in height with pale
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 from Latin; lacti; 'mix' and Latin flua
'impurities'.
This is a winter grower
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