Euphorbia haematodes
Euphorbia haematodes
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This is a small, prostrate to decumbent annual herb, rarely perennial, typically growing up to 50 cm in diameter with branches up to 30 cm long. It features small ovate to lanceolate leaves and minute, reddish flowers with pink or white appendages. Native to a wide range across Africa to Pakistan, it thrives in seasonally dry tropical climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 130.00%—6.3 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Canopy spread
- 1.6 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.3 in, mean 5.9 in, 90th percentile 9.4 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Central bushveld
- Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands
- Horn of Africa xeric bushlands
- South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune
- Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- Southern Congolian forest-savanna
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Central Congolian lowland forests
- Kwazulu Natal-Cape coastal forests
- Southern Swahili coastal forests and woodlands
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Cape Verde Islands dry forests
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Central Asian southern desert
Other Euphorbia in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
