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Levuvhu Euphorbia

Euphorbia rowlandii

Levuvhu Euphorbia
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0

Levuvhu euphorbia is a spiny, blue-green succulent shrub from the spurge family, native to hot, dry cliffs and sandstone ridges in northern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe. Grow it in full sun with very sparing water and fast-draining soil.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Very well-drained gritty or sandy mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Like other euphorbias, the milky latex is irritating to skin and eyes and harmful if swallowed, so wear gloves when pruning.
Native range
SE. Zimbabwe to NE. Limpopo
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Euphorbia rowlandii, the Levuvhu euphorbia, is a succulent member of the spurge family native to the Soutpansberg region in South Africa, and southeastern Zimbabwe. It is a medium-sized, monoecious shrub with multiple spiny blue-green photosynthetic stems. The species is superficially similar to E. waterbergensis, and is named after the Levubu River.

Where it grows

It is native to northern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe, where it grows on cliffs or sandstone ridges at low altitude (300 to 500 m) in hot dry areas, and may be found in the vicinity of E. confinalis. In Zimbabwe it is found in the Pesu river gorge, some 23 km north of Pafuri.

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 rowlandii 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.

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