Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Euphorbia momccoyae

Euphorbia momccoyae
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0

Euphorbia momccoyae is a succulent shrub from the spurge family, native to limestone hills and cliffs in Oman and Yemen. It is a dry-climate plant that needs sharp drainage and very little water.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining gritty mix, such as cactus mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Euphorbias contain a milky latex that irritates skin and eyes and is harmful if swallowed; avoid contact with sap.
Native range
Oman
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Euphorbia momccoyae is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a succulent shrub found in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, and the Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen.

In the wild, Euphorbia momccoyae grows on limestone, typically occurring in small hills or flat areas, but occasionally also in steep vertical cliffs.

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 momccoyae 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.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…