Biology:Euphorbia fulgens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Euphorbia fulgens
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. fulgens
Binomial name
Euphorbia fulgens
Karw. ex Klotzsch[1]

Euphorbia fulgens, the scarlet plume, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to Mexico. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall by 1 m (3.3 ft) broad, it is a deciduous shrub with long, weeping branches and narrow leaves. In winter orange-red flowers growing in the leaf axils cover the length of the branches.[2]

The Latin specific epithet fulgens means “shining, glistening”.[3]

It is not hardy, requiring temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F). It must therefore be grown under glass in temperate regions. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4301001 entry