General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Plant Height: 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Thick
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.
Flower Color: Green
Other: Varies Orange-white, pale green or coral/apricot
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
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.
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Leaf
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Image
Common names
  • Euphorbia

Photo Gallery

Date: 2022-10-11
Plant is in a 4.5" pot.

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Home
Plant is in a 4.5" pot.
Location: Home
Date: 2022-10-11
Plant is in a 4.5" pot.

Date: 2021-04-03
Plant was being repotted. After I washed off the old potting mix.

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Texas
Date: 2014-11-04
Caudiciform from Madagascar
Location: Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2016-03-08
Location: Texas
Date: 2016-08-06
Location: Texas
Date: 2015-09-27
Young Plant

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