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Euphorbia chamaesyce

Euphorbia chamaesyce
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0

Euphorbia chamaesyce is a small, mat-forming annual spurge native to the Mediterranean, North Africa and parts of Asia, found in open, disturbed and sandy or rocky ground. It is a weed-like wild plant rather than a cultivated garden subject, so it grows itself from seed in open soil.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs little water; it grows naturally in dry, open ground and rarely needs watering.
Soil
Well-drained sandy, gravelly or poor soil, including saline soils.
Temperature
Tolerates warm Mediterranean conditions; cold limit not well documented, likely frost-sensitive.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit. to C. Asia and Pakistan
Climate
subtropical

About

Euphorbia chamaesyce, is an annual plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to North Africa, Europe and Asia.

Where it grows

Europe: Open habitats.

Other Euphorbia plants

Abd Al Kuri Euphorbia · Desert Candle · Greek Spiny Spurge · Euphorbia actinoclada · Miniature Saguaro · Pincushion Euphorbia · Euphorbia alcicornis · Euphorbia alfredii · Euphorbia ambarivatoensis · Euphorbia ambovombensis · African candelabra · Euphorbia ampliphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia chamaesyce by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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