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Synonyms: |
Euphorbia anomala Pax Euphorbia glaucella Pax Euphorbia kwebensis N.E. Br. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 60 cm high. Stems hairless, somewhat woody at the base. Leaves mostly as floral bracts, opposite, Linear-lanceolate,up to 5.5 cm long but mostly much smaller; margin usually with a few minute teeth especially near the apex. Flowers axillary and in 3-branched umbels forking many times; primary rays branch-like up to 15 cm long. Bracts leaf-like. Cyathia subsessile, 1.7 × 2 mm; involucres cup-shaped, hairless or with a few short appressed hairs around the top; glands 4, elliptic; lobes 0.5 mm long, triangular, ciliate. Capsule c. 3.5 mm long, obtusely 3-lobed, usually sparsely covered with short appressed hairs, especially in the upper half, exserted on a curved pedicel.Seeds oblong-rectangular, flattened, grey with a distinctly verrucose surface. |
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Derivation of specific name: | pfeilii: after Joachim Friedrich Graf von Pfeil (1857-1924), German geographer and plant collector in Namibia and South Africa. |
Habitat: | On rocky slopes and exposed gravelly soils in hot dry areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1000 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zoutpansberg, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 17 December 2012 |
Literature: |
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Pages 366 - 367. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 41. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 57. |
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