Characteristics
A small herb. It has several stems and is erect. It keeps growing from year to year. It is smooth and bluish-green. It grows to 40 cm high. The leaves are crowded and overlapping. They are 1.5-3 cm long. They are hidden in oval, green, leaf-like bracts. The flowers are yellow and in clusters. They are at the ends of branches. The fruit is a grooved capsule.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
monoecy
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| Pollination |
entomogamy
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| Spread |
myrmecochory
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| Mature width (meter) |
0.1 - 0.5
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.39 - 0.6
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
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Environment
A warm temperate plant. It grows along coastlines above the shore and also occurs further inland. It can grow to 100 m altitude on sand dunes. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Usage
Caution: All Euphorbias or spurges have irritating sap and many have chemicals that can cause cancer.
| Uses |
medicinal
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| Edible
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-
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| Therapeutic use
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Wart (unspecified)
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
10 - 15
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 26
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
soaking
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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