EUPHORBIA HYPOGAEA

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth in 1910. It is found in south-central South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and not too much of sun. The stem can grow from three to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to five centimetres in height in the wild, 25 centimetres in culture. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The genera is named after Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The species is named means 'subterranean, growing be low the surface', which it does in the wild. And spoiled in culture from Plantsbank.com.