Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia spinosa L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 457 (1753) |
Native Range | Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glaucous, glabrous, branchlets short, thin, spinose, leaves small, sessile, patent, lanceolate, obtuse, entire, rays of umbel 3-5, bracts of involucre ovate-oblong, obtuse |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Euphorbia haworthii Sweet Euphorbia linariifolia Willd. Euphorbia linarioides Poir. Euphorbia petaloides G.Don Euphorbia pungens Lam. Euphorbia rigens Sweet Euphorbia rigidula Steud. Euphorbia spinosa var. brachyadenia Boiss. Galarhoeus spinosus (L.) Haw. Keraselma pungens (Lam.) Raf. Tithymalus difusus Lam. Tithymalus spinosus (L.) Raf. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) |