| Author: | Nicholas
Edward Brown, 1915 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Southern South
Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix - Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
| Height: |
30 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by
Nicholas Edward Brown in 1915. It is found
in the western and eastern Cape Provinces in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil
or even grit with
some water and lots of sun. The stems can grow to four
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 30 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are green.
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 after its hairy nectar glands - at least the upper
side. |
