Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia griffithii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 5: 259 (1887) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4900m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to elliptic, 2-7cm, entire, primary involucral bracts 3-7, long elliptic, cyathium single, involucre crateriform |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 bulleyana Diels Euphorbia cyanophylla H.Lév. Euphorbia erythrocoma H.Lév. Euphorbia porphyrastra Hand.-Mazz. Euphorbia rubriflora H.Lév. Euphorbia sericocarpa Hand.-Mazz. Tithymalus griffithii (Hook.f.) H.Hara |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |