EUPHORBIA UMFOLOZIENSIS

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Ralph Peckover in 1991. It is found in Eswatini, Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal in north-eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to ten centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow to greenish-yellow. The genera is named after Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The species is named after the river of White Umflozi, flowing right through its habitat. A plant from Caudex-and-co.forumactif.org.