TITHYMALUS BUPLEURIFOLIUS
Author:
Adrian Hardy Haworth, 1812
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 55 (1797)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
8 Centimetres
Height:
20-40 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Euphorbia bupleurifolia, Jacquin, 1797.
Euphorbia oxystegia Pierre Edmond Boissier, 1860.
Euphorbia proteifolia, Boiss.
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1812. It is found in the Eastern Cape and the Natal area in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with quite some water and some sun. The cone-like stem can grow up to eight centimetres in diameter, the whole plant reaches for 20 or up to 40 centimetres. The flowers are green to yellowish green.
The genera name is an ancient name used by Pliny the Elder to describe a Euphorbia. The species name means 'having foliage like Bupleurum ', a member of the Apiaceae family.
Flower
Yellowish-Green
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium
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