General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.

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Common names
  • Slender Candelabra Euphorbia
  • Mountain Milk-Bush
  • Avas Euphorbia
  • Boesmangifboom
  • Euphorbia

Photo Gallery
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date: 2024-04-13
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date: 2024-04-13
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-01-07
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date: 2024-04-13
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Date: 2019-05-13
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Meise botanical garden

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date: 2017-04-30
I'm not sure if these are the open flowers or just buds.
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-01-07

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