Euphorbia thymifolia
Red Caustic-creeper · Euphorbiaceae
Also known as Chamaesyce thymifolia.
Euphorbia thymifolia, commonly known as Red caustic-creeper, is a prostrate annual herb of the family Euphorbiaceae.
About Red Caustic-creeper
Euphorbia thymifolia, commonly known as Red caustic-creeper, is a prostrate annual herb of the family Euphorbiaceae. Native to tropical and subtropical America, it grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes and produces milky sap. The plant has velvet-hairy red stems up to 25 cm long, with small ovate leaves and minute cyathia flowers in the leaf axils. Widely used as a traditional medicine in Africa and Asia, it is also harvested as food and traded in local...
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Growing & care
| Native range | Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. |
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| Toxicity | Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented |
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