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Stillingia saxatilis

Stillingia saxatilis is a small shrub in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) native to seasonally dry parts of Brazil. It is a rarely cultivated species, so care guidance is based on related Stillingia and dry-climate Euphorbiaceae.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or rocky mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Stillingia saxatilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1874 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis. It is native to Brazil, in Bahia and Minas Gerais.

Other Stillingia plants

Stillingia acutifolia · Water toothleaf · Stillingia argutedentata · Stillingia bicarpellaris · Stillingia bodenbenderi · Stillingia dichotoma · Stillingia diphtherina · Queen's-root · Bois Jasmin · Stillingia oppositifolia · Stillingia parvifolia · Mojave toothleaf

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stillingia saxatilis 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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