Euphorbia milii

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Euphorbia milii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Euphorbia milii (Euphorbia splendens, Bojer.) Crown Of Thorns. Ste. 3-4 ft. long, ½-1 in. thick, somewhat climbing, covered with stout spines about an inch long: Lvs. few, on the young growth, obovate to oblong-spatulate, thin, bright green, 1-2 in. long: cyathia in long-peduncled dichotomous cymes, near the ends of the branches, each closely subtended by 2 broadly ovate bright red bracts. Madagascar. Flowering all the year but mostly in winter.—Coolhouse plant. The red bracts in the green Lvs. on the sinuous spiny sts. are very striking. It can be trained into ornamental forms. The seedlings have larger sts. and Lvs. and double spines, a smaller one below each of the ordinary ones. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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It is a variable species, and several varieties have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors.^[1]^wp

Euphorbia milii var.milii

Euphorbia milii var. bevilaniensis^wp
Euphorbia milii var. hislopii (N.E.Br.) Ursch & Leandri 1955 (syn. E. hislopii)
Euphorbia milii var. imperatae (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. longifolia Rauh 1967
Euphorbia milii var. milii
Euphorbia milii var. roseana Marn.-Lap. 1962
Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. tananarivae (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. tenuispina Rauh & Razaf. 1991
Euphorbia milii var. tulearensis Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. vulcanii (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955

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