| Author: |
Nicholas Edward Brown, 1915 | |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Botswana, NW South Africa,
Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Mediun |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres (And
Caudex) |
| Flower: |
Greenish Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Lion spoor, Northern
Lionspoor |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia bergii,
A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane, 1941.
Euphorbia davyi subsp. maleolens, Hargr.,1905 = Euphorbia
maleolens, E.Phillips, 1932. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family
was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1915. It is found in
Botswana, north-western South Africa and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to five centimetres in height - unless you expose the caudex. The flowers are
greenish yellow.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species is
named after Joseph Burtt Davy,1870-1940, who founded what is now the
National Hedrbarium in Pretoria. |
