Euphorbia clandestina (live succulent)

Euphorbia clandestina (live succulent)

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Common names: Volstruisnek.

An erect columnar spineless succulent, usually with a single thick stem but sometimes branching, with a loose spiral arrangement of knobby tubercules and topped with a tuft of narrow turquoise colored leaves that are strongly keeled and minutely hairy. The typically green stems can turn an attractive reddish hue in winter and in spring appear the small flowers with red tinged green bracts that form at the tip of the stems between the tubercules. Plant in most any soil in full sun (best) to light shade and irrigate little to occasionally.