Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia pulvinata Marloth |
Bibliography | Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 1: 315 (1909) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 700-1800m |
Description | spiny, spines single, leaves deciduous, small or to 3cm long, cyathia crowded apically at branchlets; very variable |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | purple, yellowish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
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 cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |