Euphorbia clandestina

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Heat tolerant . Drought tolerant. Fertilize regularly. Avoid frost.

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Water Requirements: Water only in sumer.

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 50°F. • Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Euphorbia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 648 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. aaron-rossii (Marble Canyon Spurge) · E. abdelkuri (Euphorbia) · E. abyssinica (Abyssinian Spurge) · E. actinoclada (Euphorbia) · E. aeruginosa (Dwarf Spurge) · E. aggregata (Euphorbia) · E. agraria (Shining Spurge) · E. albertensis (Euphorbia) · E. albipollinifera (Euphorbia) · E. alfredii (Euphorbia) · E. ambohipotsiensis (Euphorbia) · E. ambovombensis (Euphorbia) · E. ammak (African Candelabra) · E. ampliphylla (Euphorbia) · E. amygdaloides (Golden Glory Spurge) · E. amygdaloides robbiae var. robbiae (Robb's Spurge) · E. amygdaloides var. Purpurea (Purple Leaved Wood Spurge) · E. amygdaloides x characias 'Red Martin' (Spurge) · E. amygdaloides x characias 'Rudolph' (Wood Spurge) · E. amygdaloides 'Craigieburn' (Spurge) · E. amygdaloides 'Rubra' (Perennial Wood Spurge) · E. angustiflora (Euphorbia) · E. ankarensis (Euphorbia) · E. anoplia (Euphorbia) · E. antisyphilitica (Candelilla) · E. antso (Euphorbia) · E. aphylla (Leafless Spurge) · E. appariciana (Euphorbia) · E. arceuthobioides (Euphorbia) · E. argillicola (Euphorbia) · E. arida (Euphorbia) · E. asthenacantha (Euphorbia) · E. atrispina (Euphorbia) · E. atropurpurea (Spurge) · E. atroviridis (Euphorbia) · E. attastoma (Euphorbia) · E. attastoma var. xanthochlora (Euphorbia) · E. aureoviridiflora (Euphorbia) · E. avasmontana (Euphorbia) · E. baioensis (Euphorbia) · E. ballyana (Euphorbia) · E. balsamifera (Euphorbia) · E. balsamifera var. adenensis (Euphorbia) · E. barnardii (Euphorbia) · E. baylissii (Euphorbia) · E. beharensis var. adpressifolia (Euphorbia) · E. beharensis var. guillemetii (Euphorbia) · E. bemarahaensis (Euphorbia) · E. bicolor (Snow On the Prairie) · E. bifurcata (Forked Spurge) · E. bilobata (Black-Seed Spurge) · E. bongensis (Euphorbia) · E. bongolavensis (Euphorbia) · E. borenensis (Euphorbia) · E. bosseri (Euphorbia) · E. bothae (Euphorbia) · E. bourgaeana (Euphorbia) · E. bourgeanana (Spurge) · E. brachycera (Horned Spurge) · E. brakdamensis (Euphorbia) · E. breviarticulata (False Cow Horn) · E. brevirama (Euphorbia) · E. brevitorta (Euphorbia) · E. brunellii (Euphorbia) · E. bubalina (Euphorbia) · E. bupleurifolia (Euphorbia) · E. burmannii (Euphorbia) · E. buruana (Euphorbia) · E. cactus (Euphorbia) · E. caducifolia (Euphorbia) · E. canariensis (Canary Island Spurge) · E. candelabrum (Euphorbia) · E. cap-manambatoensis (Euphorbia) · E. capsaintemariensis (Euphorbia) · E. capuroni (Euphorbia) · E. caput-medusae (Medusa Head) · E. cattimandoo (Euphorbia) · E. caudicifolia (Euphorbia) · E. cedrorum (Euphorbia) · E. chamaesula (Mountain Spurge) · E. characias (Euphorbia) · E. characias wulfenii (Cushion Spurge) · E. characias wulfenii 'Jimmy Platt' (Mediterranean Spurge) · E. characias wulfenii 'John Tomlinson' (Mediterranean Spurge) · E. characias wulfenii 'Lambrook Gold' (Mediterranean Spurge) · E. characias wulfenii 'Purpurea' (Mediterranean Spurge) · E. characias 'Tasmanian Tiger' (Tasmanian Tiger Euphorbia) · E. charleswilsoniana (Euphorbia) · E. clandestina (Euphorbia) · E. classenii (Euphorbia) · E. clava (Euphorbia) · E. clavarioides (Euphorbia) · E. clavigera (Euphorbia) · E. clivicola (Euphorbia) · E. coerulescens (Sweet Noor) · E. colliculina (Euphorbia) · E. columnaris (Euphorbia) · E. commutata (Tinted Euphorbia) · E. comosa (Euphorbia) · E. compressa (Rampressa Euphorbia)

More Info

• Search for Pictures: images.google.com
• Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
• Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
• Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

Further Reading

• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 280.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 284.
• Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United by L. H. Bailey. .. assisted by William Miller. .. and many expert cultivators and botanists. London: The Macmillan company, 1909. url p. 564.
• List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 75.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 690.
• The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States a Illustrated with colored plates, four thousand engravings in the text, and ninety-six full-page cuts. New York, Macmillan, 1919 [c1914] url p. 1173.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5766930
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-78997
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14251135
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346039-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 738983

©2004-2012 David Stang. All rights reserved.