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Euphorbia
Intriguing, Beautiful and Poisonous
It's best to use caution with any Euphorbia - they are interesting, intriguing and poisonous, with caustic sap that can cause blindness or a contact dermatitis skin rash like nothing you've ever seen.
The unwary must be protected from these plants, yet you see them in many places with no warning signs to protect naive buyers. The sap is white and milky, and in some cases has been transferred by tiny droplets spraying out as the plant is cut, or if it gets on the hands of a gardener and then they wipe the sweat off their brow the results can be devastating. The pain and suffering that these plants can cause is long lived.
Children and pets must be kept well away from Euphorbia.
Please use extreme caution when handling these plants.
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Euphorbia tithymaloides
green stalk like plant w/ green, white, and pink leaves
This is a plant that gets a lot of attention; it's called the Devils Backbone, and this is …
Cluster succulents that look like extra long green beans
Has a white sap (like sticky milk) and grows in front of the Phoenix Art Museum and many other newer landscapes in Phoenix. No thorns, no flowers (I think). …
Tall, triangular, grean leaves at top
This is a dark green plant. The stems are triangular or 3 sided. There are very small thin spikes at the end of each tip. Towards the top of the plant …
It has Many twisting arms that have spines along them
It's a beautiful.....Whatever it is
Drought Smart Plants reply: it is indeed! This resembles some kind of Opuntia, but I really don't have any idea …
Uncommon Plant
This is the second plant, (the first plant is here: Unknown Common Plant )I got from a restaurant where no one knew what the plant was.
It was on …
Trying to find name of this interesting plant
This photo is of a young plant. The mature ones have kind of square stems.
Little starts seem to grow on the stem and then fall off into the soil, …
Brain Succulent
This succulent has very tight 1/2" leaves, that wrap around each other. There are very small spikes on the end of the leaves. I call it my brain succulent. …
My mystery plant
I got this plant from a neighbour. In the picture it is upright but it actually grows along the ground and in the spring it has lime green flower-like …
trunk and branches have 3 flat sides with thorns
I inherited a large version of this plant when I bought the house but seven years later I moved and had to leave it behind.
It was 8-9 feet tall. …
unknown fan shaped with thorns
bought at home depot . lasted a yr with regular watering now dying and i dont know why because i dont know what plant it is.
This is one of my pet …
Beautiful but mysterious
Tall stems. Tiny little 'leaves' ... seems more like a succulent than a cactus. But which one?
Hi Stephen, based on your picture I'm going to say that …
Square stem, oblong leaves
Square stem, leaves, sets seed often, I have attached picture.
Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Bev, this looks to be the Madagascar Jewel plant, which …
Fan Shaped Euphorbia
and this is another interesting kind of cactus because of its form looking like a puzzle or human brain , dark green...??
Drought Smart Plants reply: …
fleshy fan-shaped with small oval leaves @ top
Light green, fan-shaped, succulent or cactus (not sure), small oval leaves fan out from top. Bought this at a west elm store & it was not identified. …
I have a Frank'nSuc ...
Bought a little plant (around 3") that's turned into a huge heavy thing (with a trunk) about the size of a soccer ball... so heavy I need to regularly …
Tall Skinny Succulent that keeps on Growing
Tall light green with purplish fin shaped leaves
Drought Smart Plants reply:
Hi Erica, I think what you have is some type of Euphorbia, I'm not …
Spiky vertical stalks
I won it in a contest at a succulent festival and nobody knew what it was called.
When I first got it all the stalks had little clusters of flowers …
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