EUPHORBIA POLYGONA - "Snowflake"

Both gnarly and enchanting this Euphoria has had me staring at it intently trying to figure out what I like most about it. Maybe that’s why it has “poly” in it’s name….

This Euphorbia polygona with some horrida tendencies (breeding unknown) is a spiny dioecious spurge with simple or basally clumping stems of glaucous grey-green with beautiful “heads” of dark purple flowers. These are very minute in themselves, but each is dotted with bright yellow stamens and pollen and the whole effect is very pleasing.

In age it will forms clumps of upright columns at the base. It is heavily armed with spiny protuberances ("peduncles", otherwise known as persistent flower stalks), however the spination is extremely variable some have lots of spines, and some have few.

Price: $250 includes a 10x8 matted print from Queensberry NZ.