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Euphorbia crebrifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
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| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia ericoides sensu Wild |
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| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
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| Description: |
A sparsely-branched straggling herb, up to c. 1m high, woody on the older parts. Leaves closely spaced, up to c. 1 cm long, linear-lanceolate, needle-like with revolute margins. Flowers uni-sexual, in sub-umbellate clusters, both terminal and axillary at the ends of branches, green to yellow. Capsule c. 3 × 3 mm, deeply 3-lobed, exserted on a reflexed pedicel up to 4.5 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | Montane grassland and among ericoid scrub on rocky slopes. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | NrEnd |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 25 May 2009 |
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Other sources of information about Euphorbia crebrifolia:
African Plant Database: Euphorbia crebrifoliaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Euphorbia crebrifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Euphorbia crebrifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Euphorbia crebrifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Euphorbia crebrifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euphorbia crebrifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Euphorbia crebrifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Euphorbia crebrifolia
Tropicos: Euphorbia crebrifolia
West African Plants database: Euphorbia crebrifolia
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