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Euphorbia caput-medusae
Medusa's-head · Medusa’s head
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun Toxicity: high
Temperature
20–37 °C
Hardiness
Zone 9–11
Click count
110
Observations
57
Description
Source: leafsnapEuphorbia caput-medusae ("Medusa's Head") is a plant of the genus Euphorbia that occurs in and around Cape Town, South Africa.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 0-0
Soil pH: 0-0
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Succulent
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 9b-11
- Mature Height
- 91 cm
- Mature Spread
- 46 cm
- Leaf Color
- Light Green, Gray
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm to 1.02 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- South Africa
Tags (10)
Common Names (2)
en Medusa's-head
en Medusa’s head