Euphorbia pseudocactus A.

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Family: Euphorbiaceae Accepted scientific name:  Euphorbia pseudocactus Berger In: Succulenta. Amst. 1947: 56-57. 1947 Common English Names include:  Candelabra Spurge. Origin: Natal, subtropical coast of South Africa Habitat: Thorny bush-lands and savannah often forming colonies. Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Description: Multi-branched, dwarf-stemmed, candelabra shaped succulent, 60-120 cm tall that, as its name suggests, resembles a cactus. The stems often have distinctive yellow V-shaped markings. Plants eventually form large mounded clumps. Stem: Cylindrical,irregular, constricted in broad, twisted, triangular segments about 5-10 cm long, green with segments conspicuously and ornamentally decorated with horizontal or "U" shaped grey or greenish-yellow markings . On cross section has very thin walls and irregular diameter 2,5 to 7 cm. Spines: Stout 5-12 mm long paired spines Ribs: 3 to 5 (but usually 4) angular with wavy edges. Leaves: Leaves only appear briefly, less then 3 mm at the very tips of the growing canters only, briefly in summer. Bloom Season: Late winter through Late Summer This is a highly variable species with several forms and hybrids making precise descriptions of it difficult. Among them: E. pseudocactus lyttoniana form: It is usually shorter and not really qualifying as a columnar Euphorbia, it is also more square in cross-section and hardly armed at all, forming very compact, dense colonies of upright, slightly variegated columns. E. pseudocactus 'Zig Zag' form: (sometimes called a Zig-Zag plant): far more popular, it is similar in form to E.  grandicornis, but a much smaller and more manageable size. E. pseudocactus 'miniature' form: Seedlings of the miniature form sometimes appears among normal seedlings of this species. Their branches are (3-) 4- to 5-angled, little segemented and only 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter.

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