How to identify Crown Of Thorns
Identify Crown Of Thorns by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Spiny succulent stems with red-pink bract clusters (crown of thorns).
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Crown Of Thorns.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia splendens
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Crown Of Thorns itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Crown Of Thorns itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Crown Of Thorns
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia splendens) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. It is grown in gardens.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Crown Of Thorns belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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