Euphorbia species???

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:59 pm

Hi,

Does anyone know the species - I assume it is a Euphorbia.

Thanks Mike

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:14 pm

For me, it looks like euphorbia horrida, a very variable plant.

templegatejohn · Post by **templegatejohn** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:40 pm

Dominique is usually spot on with her ID's, but we will have to agree to disagree on this one. I will go for Euphorbia ferox.

John

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:23 pm

Mike,

This is a confusing plant. Take a look at Desert Tropicals, E. enopla and E. ferox. They list them as separate species but both have the same synonym. I've have a plant named E. ferox in the ground for 6 years, but have had several others pass through my hands as E. enopla since.

I like the E. ferox name, but think that most growers in California would call it E. enopla.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:57 pm

Hi everyone,

Well you would think with all the advances in genetics and breeding, they would have plants that have the sense to have their name on them.

I like the ferox name best, althought I also wonder if it could be aggregata. Take a look at the euphorbia.de website. What is hard is that mine is pretty smooth, and doesnt have much in the way of traverse furrows.

Here is another one, which I think I concluded was enopla, although some thought fimbriata. The latter does not have spines however, as mine does.

Mike