Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia acanthothamnos Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 86 (1859) |
Native Range | Greece to Aegean Islands and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | old branchlets spinose, leaves 1cm, elliptic to ovate, cyathia in umbel, bracts chrome-yellow . |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Synonyms | Tithymalus acanthothamnos (Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.) Soják |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |