| Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Euphorbia spinea N.E.Br. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(2): 272 (1915) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. to sw. Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-800m |
| Description | leaves rudimentary, deciduous, opposite, subsessile, ovate or deltate-ovate, acute, glabrous, black-purple, cymes secund on terminal branchlets |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | succulent 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 |
| Synonyms | Tirucalia spinea (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |