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Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia
Coastal beach sandmat is a low, sprawling subshrub of sandy beaches and rocky shores in the Americas. It thrives in full sun, sharp drainage and warm, salt-tolerant conditions, and it flowers year-round.
Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Common names include seaside spurge and coastal beach sandmat; Spanish: alfombra de arena costera, lit. "coastal sand carpet". It is native to the Western Hemisphere, where it is found in coastal areas from Florida in the United States south to Colombia and Venezuela, as well as in Bermuda and the Caribbean. Its natural habitat is on beaches and rocky shores.
Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia is an erect or sprawling subshrub with opposite, glaucous leaves. It flowers year-round.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia 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.
