Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia chaetocalyx (Boiss.) Tidestr. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-2500m |
Description | woody taproot, leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, entire, acute, glabrous, cyathium single. involucre campanulate or crateriform, glabrous |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow-red |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | EUPHORBIACEAE
chaetocalyx triligulata (L.C.Wheeler) M.C.Johnst., Wrightia 5(5): 139 (1975)
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