Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia cinerascens Engelm. |
Bibliography | Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [W.H.Emory] 2(1): 186 (1858) |
Native Range | w. & s. Texas to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 70-1400m |
Description | appresed lanate, leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, 2-6mm, obtuse, entire, margins often reddish, cyathium single, involucre crateriform |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, 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 | Chamaesyce cinerascens (Engelm.) Small Euphorbia melanadenia var. subinappendiculata Engelm. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |