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David's spurge

Euphorbia davidii

Also called Toothed Spurge, Wild Poinsettia

David's spurge
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0

David's spurge is a small annual herb, up to about 60 cm tall, native to southwest and central North America and found in forests, prairies and roadsides. It is a wild, weedy plant rather than a commonly grown garden species.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Tolerates poor, well-drained soil including gravel.
Temperature
Grows in subtropical to warm temperate conditions; frost-tender annual.
How easy
Easy
Native range
California to New Mexico and N. Mexico, NE. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Euphorbia davidii, known as David's spurge or toothed spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is an annual herb growing up to 2 feet (0.61 metres) tall. Leaves are opposite in arrangement with narrow to broadly elliptic blades.

Where it grows

Euphorbia davidii is native to parts of southwest and central North America. It is apparently not native to eastern and northern North America, South America, Australia, Russia, and other areas where it occurs worldwide. Euphorbia davidii is found in a variety of habitats, from forests, riparian areas, and prairies, to gravel roadsides and railroads.

Other Euphorbia plants

Marble Canyon spurge · Abd Al Kuri Euphorbia · Euphorbia abdita · Euphorbia abdulghafooriana · Abram's Spurge · Desert Candle · Euphorbia acalyphoides · Greek Spiny Spurge · Euphorbia actinoclada · Pointed Sandmat · Euphorbia adenopoda · Miniature Saguaro

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia davidii 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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