Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia griffithii Hook.f. |
Synonyms | Euphorbia bulleyana Diels |
Euphorbia cyanophylla H.Lév. | |
Euphorbia erythrocoma H.Lév. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4900m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to elliptic, 2-7cm, entire, primary involucral bracts 3-7, long elliptic, cyathium single, involucre crateriform |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | EUPHORBIACEAE
griffithii bhutanica (C.E.C.Fisch.) D.G.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 44(1): 167 (1986)
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