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Euphorbia polyphylla
Lesser Florida spurge is a small perennial or subshrub native only to peninsular Florida, found in fire-dependent scrub, sandhill and pine habitats. It is rarely grown in gardens and needs open, sunny, well-drained sandy conditions.
Euphorbia polyphylla, commonly referred to as lesser Florida spurge, is a species of flowering plant endemic to peninsular Florida, USA.
It only occurs in the fire-dependent habitats of the central and southern peninsula, including in Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhill, dry flatwoods, and pine rockland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia polyphylla 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.
