Euphorbia whyteana Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Characteristics

Cyathia on peduncles c. 1 mm long, 2.5 × 3.5 mm, with cup-shaped involucres; glands 4(5), spreading, c. 1 × 1.5 mm, transversely elliptic, margin shallowly crenulate to crescent-shaped; lobes erect, 1.3 mm long, oblong with 2 rounded teeth at the apex, margins ciliolate.
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Leaves crowded, sessile, glabrous; lamina to 40 × 5 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex and minutely apiculate, cuneate at the base, entire at the margin, midrib prominent beneath.
Cymes axillary and terminal, 5–10 clustered in pseudumbels at the branch apices, each 2–3-forked, with primary rays to 2 cm long.
Male flowers: bracteoles linear, minutely pubescent; stamens 3.5 mm long, with pedicels pubescent.
Female flower: ovary glabrous; styles 2 mm long, joined at the base, with spreading bifid apices.
Bracts sessile, c. 8 × 5 mm, ovate to rhomboid, yellow.
Branches minutely velvety-puberulous, rarely glabrous.
Stems numerous, sparsely branching erect, to 1 m high.
Straggly perennial herb from a woody rootstock.
Capsule not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:348736-1
WFO ID wfo-0000965417
COL ID 3CR8W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Euphorbia whyteana