Euphorbia oblongata Griseb.

Eggleaf spurge (en), Euphorbe raide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, with woody taproot. Stems erect, unbranched or densely branching, 80 cm, often densely villous (especially young stems and pleiochasial branches). Leaves: petiole absent; blade oblong to narrowly obovate or lanceolate, 15–70 × 6–25 mm, base rounded or truncate, margins finely serrulate, apex obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous; venation inconspicuously pinnate, midvein prominent. Cyathial arrangement: terminal pleiochasial branches 3–5, each 2–3 times 2–4-branched; pleiochasial bracts ovate, similar in size to distal leaves; dichasial bracts distinct, ovate to suborbiculate, base truncate or rounded, margins entire or finely denticulate, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronulate; axillary cymose branches 0–4. Cyathia: peduncle 1–5 mm. Involucre cupulate to slightly turbinate, 1.5–2.5 × 1.3–1.5 mm, glabrous; glands 2–3, elliptic, 0.6–0.8 × 0.8–1.2 mm; horns absent. Staminate flowers 15–40. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous; styles 1.5–2 mm, 2-fid. Capsules globose, 3–4.5 × 3–4.5 mm, slightly 3-lobed; cocci rounded, verrucose-tuberculate, glabrous; columella 2.5–3.3 mm. Seeds brown, ovoid, 2.4–2.6 × 1.3–2 mm, smooth, caruncle reniform, 0.2–0.3 × 0.8–0.9 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.9
Root system tap-root
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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 -

Images

Euphorbia oblongata unspecified picture

Distribution

Euphorbia oblongata world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Palau, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347546-1
WFO ID wfo-0000963654
COL ID 6GZVQ
BDTFX ID 25983
INPN ID 97596
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tithymalus oblongatus Euphorbia oblongata

Lower taxons

Euphorbia oblongata var. oblongata Euphorbia oblongata var. sessiliflora