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Euphorbia kraussiana Bernh. ex Krauss

Species

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Characteristics

Bisexual, erect, glabrous shrub, 0.5-2.0 m high, with slender, gradually woody stem and branches. Leaves 50-120 x 3-16 mm, spreading or ascending, elliptic to oblanceolate. Cyathia in lax repeatedly branched panicles, 2-3 mm in diam.; glands 5, entire. Flowering time Aug.-May. Capsule 3-4 mm in diam., obtusely 3-angled, glabrous, exserted for 4-5 mm.
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Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Stems erect. Leaves alternate with a whorl of 4 or 5 at base of umbel; blade narrowly linear-ovate or narrowly obovate, up to 90 x 20 mm, apex obtuse or acute, apiculate, base cuneately tapering into a ± evident petiole, margins entire, glabrous. Flowers: in umbels; green; Dec.-Apr.
Monoecious, erect shrub to 2 m, with slender stems. Leaves spreading or ascending, elliptic to oblanceolate, petiolate, 50-120 mm long, paler beneath. Flower clusters in lax panicles, floral glands oblong.
Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves cuneately tapering into a evident petiole, linear-lanceolate or cuneately oblanceolate, glabrous, up to 90 mm long, 20 mm broad. Flowers green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Euphorbia kraussiana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347020-1
WFO ID wfo-0000962896
COL ID 8WM2R
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Synonyms

Tithymalus meyeri Tithymalus truncatus Euphorbia kraussiana Euphorbia kraussiana var. kraussiana
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