EUPHORBIA FILIFLORA

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth in 1913. It is found in the border area between South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The swollen stem can grow to seven centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to ten or even 30 centimetres in height. The flowers are green and yellow.

The genera name; Euphorbia dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species name means 'thread-like flowers'.