| Author: |
Carl Linnaeus, 1753 | |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Argentina, Bahamas, Belize,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward
Islands, Mexican, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Windward Islands - and
introduced to many more. |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
6 Centimetres |
| Height: |
60 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds / Cuttings |
| Names: |
Graceful Spurge, Golden
Spurge, Pimpinella Blanca, Diamond Frost, Baby's-breath, EuphorbiaFluxweed,
Garden Spurge, Graceful Sandmat, Large-Spotted Spurge |
| Synonyms: |
Anisophyllum
hypericifolium, Haw. 1812.
Chamaesyce hypericifolia, Millsp. 1909.
Chamaesyce boliviana, Croizat 1946.
Chamaesyce glomerifera, Millsp. 1913.
Ditrita obliqua, Raf. 1838.
Euphorbia boliviana, Rusby 1907.
Euphorbia cuspidata, Bertol. 1844.
Euphorbia glomerifera, Wheeler 1939
Euphorbia indica, Lam 1786.
Euphorbia lasiocarpa, Klotzsch 1843.
Euphorbia papilligera, Boiss. 1860. |
This member of the
Euphorbia family
was given this name by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in southern
North America and South America - and introduced in many other areas. It
is growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
six centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 60 centimetres in height. The flowers are white and numerous.
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 the leaves resembles to the genera Hypericum. |
