Euphorbia gueinzii Boiss.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Characteristics

Unisexual, glabrous or pilose geophyte with deciduous stems, 50-150 mm high. Leaves alternate below, opposite above, deciduous, 60-320 x 2-12 mm, linear to ovate-lanceolate, grey-green, ± sessile. Cyathia in terminal leafy cymes or solitary in forks of branches, on peduncles 1-8 mm long, 2-6 mm in diam.; glands 5, entire or minutely crenulate. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Capsule ± 6 mm in diam., obtusely 3-angled, pilose or glabrous, exserted for 3-6 mm.
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Perennial herb, up to 150 mm high. Root tuberous with underground stems from which herbaceous branches arise. Branches erect, thinly to thickly covered with rather long spreading hairs, sometimes glabrous. Leaves lax or many, shape variable, 6-30 x 2-11 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes densely white-hairy. Flowers: involucre 2-6 mm in diameter; involucral glands entire or minutely crenulate, green and red; Sep.-Dec.
Perennial herb, up to 150 mm tall, with underground stems from which herbaceous branches arise. Branches, both sides of leaves and involucres all densely hairy or villous. Flowers green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Euphorbia gueinzii world distribution map, present in Botswana, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346702-1
WFO ID wfo-0000962402
COL ID 3CP2S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Euphorbia albovillosa Euphorbia gueinzii Euphorbia gueinzii var. albovillosa Euphorbia gueinzii var. gueinzii