Author: | Pierre
Edmond Boissier, 1862 |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Eswatini,
Botswana, Lesotho, South
Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
15-30 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Mauve / White / Magenta |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Euphorbia albovillosa, Ferdinand Albin Pax =
Euphorbia gueinzii Boiss. var. albovillosa
N.E.Br. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was
given this name by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1862. It is found in
Eswatini, Botswana,
Lesotho and South
Africa, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow
to three centimetres, the plant up to fifteen or even 30
centimetres. The flowers are mauve with white and magenta markings.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species
name for Wilhelm Gueinzius, 1814-1874, a German apothecary and
naturalist, emigrated to South Africa.
This plant CAN grow as a
wither-grower. |