Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia fendleri Torr. & A.Gray |
Bibliography | Pacific Railr. Rep. Pope, Bot. 2(4): 175 (1857) |
Native Range | w. & c. USA to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-2600m |
Description | leaves opposite or in whorls, orbiculate or ovate, entire, rounded, glabrous, cyathium single, involucre campanulate or broadly calyculate, 1-2mm, glabrous |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | 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 fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anisophyllum fendleri (Torr. & A.Gray) Klotzsch & Garcke Chamaesyce fendleri (Torr. & A.Gray) Small Chamaesyce gooddingii Millsp. Chamaesyce greenei (Millsp.) Rydb. Euphorbia fendleri var. dissimilis Payson Euphorbia fendleri var. typica L.C.Wheeler Euphorbia greenei Millsp. Euphorbia rupicola Scheele |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |