| Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Euphorbia stracheyi Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 15(2): 114 (1862) |
| Native Range | w. & c. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-5300m |
| Description | leaves ovate to long elliptic, 1-3cm long, entire, obscurely veined, primary involucral bracts 5-8, long ovate to elliptic, cyathium solitary, involucre crateriform |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | greenish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Euphorbia bupleuroides Diels Euphorbia himalayensis (Klotzsch) Boiss. Euphorbia mairei H.Lév. Euphorbia mairei var. luteociliata W.T.Wang Euphorbia megistopoda Diels Euphorbia riae Pax & K.Hoffm. Euphorbia shetoensis Pax & K.Hoffm. Euphorbia stracheyi var. radiata Hook.f. Tithymalus himalayensis Klotzsch Tithymalus riae (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Soják Tithymalus stracheyi (Boiss.) Hurus. & Yu.Tanaka Tithymalus shetoensis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Soják |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |