Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia foliosa (Klotzsch & Garcke) N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds. ] 5(2): 262 (1915) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 5-70m |
Description | densely leafy, leaves alternate, ascendent, imbricate, subsessile, obovate to elliptic, on margins scabrous, glabrous, umbels terminal, 3-rayed, involucre sessile |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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 artifolia N.E.Br. Tithymalus foliosus Klotzch & Garcke |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |