Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia pachyrrhiza Kar. & Kir. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 745 (1841) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | leaves sessile, elliptic, 1-2cm long, obtuse, spiny dentate, primary involucral bracts 3-4, similar, cyathium solitary, pedicellate, involucre broadly crateriform |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | reddish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, 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 conifera Stephan ex Boiss. Tithymalus pachyrrhizus (Kar. & Kir.) Klotzsch & Garcke |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |