EUPHORBIA GATBERGENSIS

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1915. It is found in in the dry grasslands of Gatsberg in Tembuland; South-Eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from five to fifteen centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow. The genera is named after Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The species is named after Gatsberg, where it is found