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.
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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Common names
  • Euphorbia

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Location: St Petersburg, Florida 
Date: 2023-09-28
Leaves just starting to drop, happens each year as days start to
Location: St Petersburg, Florida 
Date: 2023-09-28
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: 2013
Photo courtesy of 'Out of Africa', used with permission

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