Euphorbia tithymaloides
COMMON NAME | Devils back bone |
TYPE | Shrub |
FAMILY | Euphorbiaceae |
NOTES | A peculiar, robust,
small to medium-sized, moderately fast-growing, somewhat erect shrub that
possesses distinctive, strong, stout, succulent zig-zag stems and brightly
variegated foliage with a beautiful mix of cream to pale yellow, green to
slight tinge of pink and red. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Widely spread in the tropical and
subtropical Americas and the Caribbean |
NATIVE HABITAT | Grows in a wide range
of habitats: coastal scrub, thorn forest, dry deciduous forest, and in
exposed rocky sites of more humid environments, particularly on limestone. |
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