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The caudex from Isladelpescado.com.

Author: 

Adolar Gottlieb Julius Herre, 1950

Family:  EUPHORBIACEAE
Origin: 

Carlisle Bridge; Eastern Cape; South Africa

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

6 Centimetres

Height: 

11 Centimetres

Flower: 

Yellow

Propagate: 

Seeds/Cuttings

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

Euphorbia huttoniae N.E.Br. 1915.
Euphorbia inermis
var. huttonae, A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane, 1941.

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Adolar Gottlieb Julius Herre in 1950. It is found in Carlisle Bridge; Eastern Cape in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 11 centimetres in height - larger in culture. The flowers are yellow.

The genera is named after Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The species is from Latin; superus; 'above'.


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