Euphorbia acanthothamnos Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Description: Hummock-forming subshrub 15-30cm high and much wider, the old stems spiny, the spines being modified from the hardened pseudumbel rays

Habitat: on dry rocky limestone slopes and in open pinewoods on serpentine (high altitude phrygana)

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system NA NA
Woodiness 2 Woody dwarf shrub
Thorniness 1 Yes
Succulence 1 Yes
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil

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