Euphorbia enormis
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Euphorbia enormis is a species of the genus milkweed ( Euphorbia ) in the family of the milkweed family(Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia enormis grows with many branches branching close to the ground from fleshy roots and forms groups up to 20 centimeters high. The four-edged shoots are up to 20 centimeters high, sometimes longer. They are constricted into somewhat elongated 2.5 cm wide segments and provided with a feather-like pattern. The more or less winged edges are provided with slightly protruding teeth that are up to 1 centimeter apart. The elongated thorn shields do not touch. Thorns up to 8 millimeters in length and up to 2 millimeters long stipple spines are formed.
The inflorescence consists of single and simple cymen or of a single, almost sedentary cyathium . This becomes large up to 12 millimeters in diameter. The elongated nectar glands are yellow-green and touch each other. The bluntly lobed fruit is sessile and reaches a diameter of 12 millimeters. The egg-shaped seed is smooth and about 4.5 millimeters long and 4.25 millimeters wide.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia enormis is widespread in South Africa , in the Northern Cape Province, on dry, sandy soils up to an altitude of 800 meters.
The species was first described in 1915 by Nicholas Edward Brown .
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 142 .
