Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia tibetica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 15(2): 114 (1862) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | leaves alternate, sessile, narrowly ovate-orbiculate to elliptic, 5-15mm, finely serrulate, obtuse, involucral bracts ovate-triangular, serrate, cyathium solitary |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Euphorbia issykkulensis Prokh. Euphorbia tatarica Jacquem. ex Boiss. Euphorbia tranzschelii (Prokh.) Prokh. Galarhoeus issykkulensis (Prokh.) Prokh. Galarhoeus tibeticus (Boiss.) Prokh. Galarhoeus tranzschellii (Prokh.) Prokh. Tithymalus issykkulensis Prokh. Tithymalus tibeticus (Boiss.) Prokh. Tithymalus tranzschelii Prokh. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |