Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss. is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti, Baja spurge, is a shrubby succulent flowering plant native to northwestern Mexico, popular in drought-tolerant gardening.

Family
Genus
Euphorbia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss.

Euphorbia xanti Engelm. ex Boiss., commonly called Baja spurge, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the spurge plant family, Euphorbiaceae. This species is native to Mexico, where it grows naturally in the states of Baja California, Sonora, and Sinaloa. It is a shrubby succulent, and is valued in gardening for its drought tolerance, as well as its abundant fragrant cyathia that bear colorful bracts. Like most other succulent species in the genus Euphorbia, international trade of this plant is regulated under Appendix II of CITES.

Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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