Botanical name

Euphorbia caput-medusa

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Common Name

Medusa's Head, Vingerpol

Synonym (old name)

Euphorbia marlothiana

Description

Sprawling, succulent, 20-75 x 15-100cm with a rosette of branches from a short, thick, tuberculate stem; branches ascending, tuberculate, 10-30mm across. Leaves on tubercles at branch tips, linear, fleshy, 3-30 x 1-2mm, deciduous. Flowerhead solitary, 10-18mm across, glands 3-6-palmate, pale yellow.

Habitat

Sandy flats and stony slopes.

Flower Date

May to September