Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia foliosa (Klotzsch & Garcke) N.E.Br. |
Synonyms | Tithymalus foliosus Klotzsch & Garcke |
Euphorbia artifolia N.E.Br. | |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 5-70m |
Description | densely leafy, leaves alternate, ascendent, imbricate, subsessile, obovate to elliptic, on margins scabrous, glabrous, umbels terminal, 3-rayed, involucre sessile |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | EUPHORBIACEAE
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