WorldFloraDB - Euphorbia spartaria

Characteristics

Succulent shrub, 0.5-1.0 m high; spineless, unisexual, branching from base and above. Branches opposite, erect, straight, smooth, terete, fibrous; primary branches 4-6 mm thick at base. Leaves opposite, somewhat fleshy, rudimentary, soon deciduous. Flowers: cyathia on terminal branches, in cymes racemosely arranged; bracts soon deciduous, similar to leaves; involucres glabrous; involucral glands toothed.

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Like E. rhombifolia but branches more slender and up to 0.6 m long. Leaf-rudiments 1-6 mm long, slender and narrowly spathulate, without basal horns. Cyathia glabrous. Flowering time Oct.-Apr. Capsules glabrous.

Like E. rhombifolia but stems more slender and taller, leaves slender and narrowly spathulate, without basal horns. Cyathia and capsules glabrous.

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Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
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Mature height (meter)	0.45 - 1.0
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Uses	medicinal
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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

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:348318-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000964819
COL ID	3CQSW
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Synonyms

Euphorbia spartaria Euphorbia tenuicaulis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Euphorbia spartaria N.E.Br.

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