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Euphorbia aeruginosa

Euphorbia aeruginosa

Description:

Bushy succulents to 1 foot tall (30 cm), subterranean CAUDEX, stems are 0.4 inches in diameter (1 cm), thorns in pair. Caudiciform plants store water in underground or above ground structures. They are the camels of the plant world.

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4 Comments

StavrosApostolou
StavrosApostolou 11 years ago

I am a person that loves nature :-)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Thank you again so much StavrosApostolou! You are making my spottings more useful. Are you a horticulturalist?

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

C.Sydes, perhaps you are right. I will investigate further. Thanks!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 12 years ago

Are you sure it's a cactus and not a euphorbia?

Ava T-B
Spotted by
Ava T-B

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 24, 2011
Submitted on Nov 26, 2011

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