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Euphorbia hispida is a small annual spurge from the arid and subtropical regions of South and West Asia, usually seen as a low, bristly herb in dry ground. It is not a common cultivated plant, so care depends on mimicking its dry, sunny habitat.
Euphorbia hispida is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan and Western Himalaya. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1860.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia hispida 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.
