Euphorbia breviarticulata Pax

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	Euphorbia coerulescens	You are here Euphorbia breviarticulata
Common Name	sweet noor
Plant	Succulent, multiply-branched shrubs are up to 5′ (1.5 m) in size. Branches are cactus-like, four- to six-angled, with constrictions every 1½–3″ (4–8 cm). They are up to 1¾″ (5 cm) in diameter. Raised edges on branches are lined with spines in pairs. The spine pairs are characteristic of spiny euphorbias. Each spine is up to ⅜″ (1.2 cm) long. Branches are typically blue-gray in color—hence the species epithet meaning cerulean—but they may also been green or yellowish green.	Heavily branched succulent cactus-like shrubs are 3- or 4-angled, with deeply winged erect, spreading branches. They are 5–16′ (1.5–5 m) high. Branches are bluish green, often densely streaked with yellow-green, with regular severe constrictions. Wings on branches are wavy, and ridged with thorn pairs up to 3″ (8 cm) long.
Leaves	Essentially leafless, but some plants develop small temporary leaflets at the apical tips.	Tiny, fleshy leaves are deltoid, and 1/32″ (1.5 mm) long. They drop off quickly.
Flowers	Yellow cyathia have both male and female flowers. They appear on stem tips. There are no petals or sepals, just a cuplike involucre.	Cyathia are up to ¼″ (9 mm) in size. Glands are ⅛″ (4 mm) broad, and golden yellow.
Fruit	Pink, three-lobed capsules.	Deeply 3-lobed, green, then reddening capsules that contain pale grey seeds. They are ¼ ⨉ ⅝″ (9 mm ⨉ 1.8 cm) in size.
Range/ Zones	USDA Zones: 10a-11b	USDA Zones: 10a-11
Habitats	Stony mostly northern slopes and flats among arid scrub and larger bushes from Calitzdorp to Klipplaat and Jansenville, South Africa.	Sandy soils, silt, and coastal dune remnants in open or dense acacia-commiphora bushlands and thickets at elevations of 197–3937′ (60–1200 m).

Euphorbia breviarticulata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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