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Euphorbia tenax
Euphorbia tenax is a semisucculent shrub from the dry west and southwest of South Africa, native to fynbos and Succulent Karoo. It thrives in full sun, lean soil and very dry conditions, and is best grown outdoors or in a warm, sunny spot.
Euphorbia tenax is a species of Euphorbia endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, around Kotzesrus and southwards as far as Nieuwoudtville and Cape Town.
Its preferred habitat is sand Fynbos and Succulent Karoo on shale-derived slopes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia tenax 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.
