Euphorbia loricata Lam.

Species

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Characteristics

Monoecious, glabrous, spinescent shrub to cushion-forming succulent, up to 0.15-1.50 m tall, stems 8-15 mm thick, cylindrical, tuberculate, covered with stout, often white, spinescent peduncles 12-50 mm long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 25-75 x 3-10 mm, glaucous, deciduous. Cyathia many around apex of each branch, each on a persistent and later spinescent peduncle in axil of tubercle, with 5 entire, green glands. Capsule sessile, 6-8 mm diam., glabrous to puberulous.
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Monoecious, spinescent, succulent shrub, 15-150 cm; branches 8-15 mm diam., cylindrical, tuberculate, covered with stout, spinescent peduncles 12-50 mm long. Leaves 15-75 x 3-10 mm, linear-lanceolate, glaucous, deciduous. Cyathia solitary, glands entire, green.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.33 - 1.25
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Soil texture 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

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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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Images

Euphorbia loricata unspecified picture

Distribution

Euphorbia loricata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000963111
COL ID 3CPKV
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Synonyms

Treisia hystrix Euphorbia armata Euphorbia eustacei Euphorbia hystrix Euphorbia loricata