About Fire on the mountain
Euphorbia cyathophora, known by various names including painted spurge, dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, paintedleaf, and wild poinsettia. Native to subtropical and tropical North and South America, it is widely naturalized elsewhere. They belong to the Cyathium type of inflorescence. Here, the inflorescence axis is convex in shape. Dwarf poinsettia is an annual herb growing up to 3 feet (0.91 metres) tall. It has green stems with leaves that are oblanceolate with lobed margins. It grows near disturbed sites.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia cyathophora
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens
- Native to
- Greater antilles, Eastern U.S.A and Mexico
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Fire on the mountain belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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