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Euphorbia angusta
Also called Narrow Leaf Spurge
Blackfoot sandmat (Euphorbia angusta) is a small, leggy, erect perennial herb of the spurge family, native to dry, rocky limestone ground in west and south Texas and northern Mexico. It is a wild desert and shrubland plant rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it needs full sun, good drainage and very little water.
Euphorbia angusta (also known as Chamaesyce angusta) is a species in the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family with the common name blackfoot sandmat. It is native to central and south Texas and northern Mexico.
Euphorbia angusta grows primarily on rocky limestone soils on the Edwards Plateau in Texas and in northern Mexico.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
