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Euphorbia guentheri, sausage spurge, is a low, sprawling succulent subshrub from dry scrub in southeast Kenya, grown for its long fleshy spiny stems. Give it full sun, sharp drainage and very sparing water.
Euphorbia guentheri, also called sausage spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to eastern Africa. Euphorbia guentheri is more low-growing, sprawling, and spiny, whereas Euphorbia ritchiei and Euphorbia succulenta are more upright, less spiny, and sometimes more colorful in its bracts.
It is native to southeast Kenya in the Teita District, where it is found growing in grass in open scrubland at elevations ranging from 2,950 to 3,280 feet (900 to 1,000 m). A moderately fast grower, it reaches maturity in about 3-5 years. It is also found in desert or dry shrubland biome.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia guentheri 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.
